Golden fried prawns

Husband brought home some real good tiger prawns and looked happy as ever. Sons love them so it has to be  Crispy Golden Fried Prawns. The coating will be crunchy and the flesh of the prawn will be juicy thats the criteria for this dish....

Ingredients
HeadlessTiger prawns 8 pcs
Cornstarch  100 gms
Refined flour 100 gms
Salt
Black pepper powder 1/2tsp
Lime wedges
White oil 200 gms

Process
Clean,devein and wash prawns, reserving the tails.
Pat dry.marinate with half of the pepper and salt.
Mix half of the cornstarch and flour with water,salt and the rest of the pepper powder in a medium bowl.
In a shallow dish dry mix the other half of the cornstarch and flour.
Heat oil in a kadhai.
First coat the prawns in the dry mix.
Then dip them in the batter and deep fry the prawns in batches.
Serve immediately with lemon wedges and chilli garlic sauce.

As a starter its great.
Its tempting and lipsmackingly good.

Gule macher jhol

The heat this year is killing. Being a mom of two schoolgoer boys I have to look to their tummy's health. So light beneficial fish stu for lunch to go with soft rice,as they fly to their fields to play.
These lively variety of fish looks like eel can be kept in a fish bowl or big utensil for few days. Just Expert hands have to catch them and prepare them to be cooked. Otherwise get it cleaned in the fish market itself. Boosting the blood and our eyes 'Gule maach' it is....

Ingredients
Gule fish 250 gms
Potatoes 2
Greenchillies 4
Bori of urad dal 100 gms
Tomatoes 1
Cumin powder 1tbsp
Black pepper powder 1tsp
Turmeric 2tsp
Mustard oil
Salt

Procedure
Clean the fish and marinate with salt and turmeric. Shallow fry the fish in batches in mustard oil.
Heat 1tbsp of mustard oil in a kadhai. Fry the boris or vadis and keep aside. If needed heat anther spoon of oil now.Fry potatoes cut in wedges add tomatoes and all the ground spices mixed with half a cup of water. Saute till oil separates.
Add  250 ml of warm water and let it boil.
Add the fried fish and the slit green chillies. Cover cook in sim for 10 mins. Add the fried boris and put off the gas.Stand covered for 10 mins.

A very nutritious soup which nourishes the body is ready to be savoured with rice. Some children who are fussy with fish, don't worry give them the  runny soup omitting the fish. Its equally helpful.