Royyala Vepudu Recipe
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Royyala Vepudu — the classic Andhra prawn fry, dry-roasted with red chilli, garlic and curry leaves until the prawns are coated and fragrant. Royyalu done right, in about 20 minutes with cleaned prawns.
Cleaned, cook-ready prawns delivered fresh in Hyderabad — no peeling, no mess.🦐 Order prawns for this
Ingredients
- 500g prawns (PD)
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Red chilli powder
- Turmeric
- Curry leaves
- Mustard seeds
Method
- Marinate prawns in turmeric, chilli powder, ginger-garlic, salt — 10 min.
- Crackle mustard seeds in oil, add curry leaves, then onions. Fry till deep golden.
- Add prawns on high heat. Let them sear 1 min before stirring.
- Toss 3–4 min till the masala dries and clings — cook just until pink, don't overcook or they turn rubbery.
- Finish with a squeeze of lime. Serve with hot rice and ghee.
Why ShrimpLi prawns for this dish
- Pond-direct from our own Andhra ponds, never frozen
- Cleaned to order — pick whole, headless or peeled & deveined
- No sulphites, no STPP — they taste of prawn, not chemicals