Chili Fried Dry Shrimp Delicacy – Unakka Chemmeen Fry
Many cuisines are unaware of the concept of using dry shrimp to enhance their dishes. Sun dried shrimp is considered irreplaceable in many Chinese, Malaysian and Indian dishes.This Southern Asian Recipe comes from Coastal India where shrimp are aplenty and frying them makes for good company with rice. Unakka Chemmeen- Porichathu’ translated- Dried Shrimp FriedThere are two varieties of dried shrimp available in Asian and South Asian markets.One is dried shrimp which is round and plump , the other is flatter and drier looking. For this dish we use the latter.
Recipe Type: Appetizer / Side
Author: Recipes ‘R’ Simple
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Serves: 5
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of dried shrimps, cleaned by removing head and tail
- Coconut oil or Sunflower oil for frying the shrimp
- 6 dry chillies (Kashmir variety is good- the shriveled up type has less heat)
- 5 shallots chopped
- Curry leaves and salt to taste
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