Royyala Pulusu Recipe
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Royyala Pulusu — a tangy tamarind prawn curry, that homestyle Andhra sour-and-spicy comfort dish best mopped up with hot rice. Build the gravy first and slide the prawns in at the end — peeled prawns cook fast.
Cleaned, cook-ready prawns delivered fresh in Hyderabad — no peeling, no mess.🦐 Order prawns for this
Ingredients
- 500g prawns, peeled & de-veined
- Lemon-sized tamarind, soaked
- 2 onions
- Red chilli + coriander powder
- Curry leaves
- Fenugreek seeds
- Jaggery (small piece)
Method
- Soak tamarind in warm water, extract thick pulp.
- Temper fenugreek + curry leaves in oil. Add onions, fry till soft.
- Add turmeric, chilli, coriander powder. Pour in tamarind pulp + a cup of water. Boil 5 min.
- Boil the gravy down first, THEN slide in the prawns and jaggery. Simmer 4–5 min only — peeled prawns cook fast and go rubbery if you push them.
- Rest 10 min so flavours settle. Serve with plain rice.
Why ShrimpLi prawns for this dish
- Pond-direct from our own Andhra ponds, never frozen
- Cleaned to order — peeled & de-veined, cleaning included in the price
- No sulphites, no STPP — they taste of prawn, not chemicals