Prawn Fritters

Name: Prawn Fritters
Prep time: 4 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 8 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) raw prawns (shrimp), de-veined; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) raw prawns (shrimp), de-veined; 1 small lime; Small bunch of fresh dill; 10 fresh curry leaves; Small bunch of fresh coriander (cilantro); Small bunch of fresh coriander (cilantro); 2 green chillies; 1 tsp Fine sea salt; 30 g (1 oz/4 tbsp) potato starch; 30 g (1 oz/4 tbsp) chickpea flour (gram flour); 30 g (1 oz/4 tbsp) chickpea flour (gram flour); 2 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 2 tsp smoked paprika; Oil, for shallow-frying

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

15-Minute Indian

By Anjula Devi

Published 2025

About

One of the ways my dad would make an ingredient stretch was to turn it into a fritter or pakora – especially if it was a relatively expensive ingredient, like prawns. He’d still manage to pack the flavours in, and these prawn fritters were a great treat, eaten as a snack whilst watching TV.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) raw prawns (shrimp), de-veined

Asia
India
Snack
Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Pat the prawns dry with absorbent kitchen paper.
Grate the zest from the lime and chop the dill, curry leaves and coriander. Finely chop the green chillies.
Set the fresh coriander and whole lime aside for serving, then add the prawns, dill, curry leaves and lime zest to a food processor. Add all the remaining ingredients and blitz to a chunky paste u