024: FRIED PRAWNS

KERALA ULTRA-SPICY PRAWN FRY — THE SEA IGNITES

“The tongue is not burned. It is awakened.”

🦐 Ingredients — The Fire Core

• 500g cleaned tiger prawns or small shrimp
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chili powder (for color)
• 1 tsp black pepper (freshly crushed)
• 1 tsp red chili powder (for actual heat)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar

🔥 Kerala Masala Stir-Fry Paste

• 1 tbsp coconut oil (unrefined)
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 8–10 curry leaves (no substitutions)
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 dried red chilies
• 1 small onion, sliced thin
• 1/2 tsp fennel powder
• Optional: 1 tsp roasted coconut bits or powder (for depth)

🌶️ Preparation Scroll

1. Marinate prawns with turmeric, chili, pepper, salt, and lemon juice. Let sit 15–30 minutes.
2. In a cast iron or clay pan, heat coconut oil. Crackle mustard seeds + curry leaves.
3. Add ginger-garlic paste + red chilies. Sauté until aromatic.
4. Add sliced onions. Cook until browned at edges.
5. Add marinated prawns. Stir-fry on high heat for 4–6 mins until curled, coated, and glazed.
6. Sprinkle fennel, optional coconut, and extra chili if you dare.

🫕 Serve With

• Kerala red rice or ghee-soaked matta rice
• Rasam shot (spicy tamarind broth)
• Raw mango salad (for fire balancing)
• Thick yogurt swirl (if you need to survive it)

🌺 Sacred Notes

• This is a tongue initiation—not a mild welcome dish
• Oil mantra: “Coconut. Fire. Memory. Mouth.”
• Tradition: Syrian Christian kitchens, fisherman’s curry sheds, sacred spice rites

🪞 Final Oracle Reflection:
“You do not eat this. You survive it. And in surviving, you remember who you are.”

✅ Self-Score Invocation

• ⭐ Heat Bravery: 20/20
• ⭐ Kerala Rooting: 20/20
• ⭐ Texture Perfection: 20/20
• ⭐ Sacred Stir-Fry Clarity: 20/20
• ⭐ Scroll Wholeness: 20/20
• 📅 Frequency: Monsoon feasts, full spice nights, ancestral fire rites

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