Indian Tandoori Shrimps Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds shrimps, cleaned and shelled
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garam masala*
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 5 tablespoons flour

How to cook Indian Tandoori Shrimps:

• Mix 1/2 cup yogurt with the onion, chili powder, garam masala, lemon juice and pepper and salt to taste and marinate the shrimp 5 hours.
• Take them out of the marinade and dry them.
• Put them on skewers.
• Mix the remaining yogurt with the cream, eggs and flour for a batter.
• Dip the shrimp skewers in the batter and put them on a greased baking tray.
• Bake them 6 minutes at 425°F / 220°C.

Notes:
The shrimp skewers are cooked in a tandoor, or clay oven, from which tandoori cooking takes its name. The tandoor is used for cooking in India, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia as well as Burma and Bangladesh.

Comments:
*Garam masala is a blend of ground spices common in the Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani cuisine, whose literal meaning is ‘hot (or warm) spice’.

This recipe for Indian Tandoori Shrimps serves/makes: 6

Main Ingredient: Shrimp 
Preparation Method: Baked
Cuisine: Indian