Prawn Pockets

Prawn Pockets is a fresh appetizer recipe which involves a delicious prawn stuffing in a wheat flour cover. The succulent prawns, the spring onion and the creamy mayonnaise make a beautiful combination for the stuffing. These deep fried prawn pockets are sure to be an instant hit.

Both me and my dear friend Deepa(co-owner , YourHungerStop.com ? ) absolutely love prawns. And if you love prawns too, then you are sure to visit our page very often. From traditional Goan recipes like Prawn Curry and Prawns Balchaon to appetizers like Prawn Stuffed Snake gourd or Prawns Cutlets to gravies like Prawns Capsicum Masala or Prawns Butter Masala to an innovative Prawn and Orange Salad and now these unique prawn pockets – name it and you will find it here ?

Whenever I have any guests home, its a ground rule that prawns should figure on the menu. I usually try to include Prawns as a part of salad or appetizer or main course and hence keep coming up with new and interesting Prawns recipes. The latest addition to my favorite Prawn appetizers is these Prawn Pockets. Hope you like it as much as we did ?

Makes: 8
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:
For the filling:
Prawns : ½ cup (small prawns )
Chilli Powder : ½ tsp
Turmeric Powder : ¼ tsp
Spring onion : 1 cup (chopped)
Tomato : ½ cup (finely chopped)
Garlic : 5-6 cloves (finely sliced)
Oil : 3 tsp
Mayonnaise : 2 tsp

Flour – for rolling the dough
Oil : for frying

For the cover:
Wheat flour : ½ cup
All purpose flour : ½ cup
Rice flour : 2 tsp
Salt : As per taste
Water : to knead

Method of Preparation:

1. Clean and devein prawns. If you have big sized prawns, cut them into smaller pieces. If you have the smaller ones, you can leave them as it is.
2. Marinate the prawns using ¼ tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp chilli powder and little salt. Keep aside.

For the cover:

1. Mix the flours and salt. Add water gradually and knead till you get a hard dough. Be careful to add water little by little as the dough should not be too soft. Keep this dough aside. This will make the outer-cover for the prawn pockets.

For the filling:

1. Heat 3 tsp oil in a skillet. Add garlic and saute for few minutes.
2. Once garlic turns slightly brown, add the spring onion and stir for 2-3 min.
3. Add the prawns and fry till the prawns are slightly cooked (2-3 min).
4. Add chopped tomato, ¼ tsp chilli powder and salt. Stir and keep covered for 3 min.
5. Remove lid. In case the mixture is slightly watery, cook uncovered, stirring continuously till you have a dry mixture.
6. Cool and add the mayonnaise to this mixture. Your filling for delicious prawn pockets is ready.

The pic below shows the filling before adding the mayonnaise.

For making the pockets:

1. Divide the dough into 8 balls.
2. Take one dough ball and roll using rolling pin till you have a 6 inch square. In case you roll into a circular shape, cut the sides with a knife to get a square shape
3. With a knife, make a slit from the center of the square to the middle of the lower side.
4. Place one spoonful of filling in the top left are of the square.
5. Fold the lower left square over the filling and press the sides gently.
6. Fold this smaller square on the top right side of the rolled square.
7. Finally fold the lower flap onto this square with the filling. (The pics below will give you a clear picture of the folding method. This folding order ensures, there are two flaps on both sides of the filling, so that there are no leaks). Repeat this for remaining 7 dough balls.
8. Heat oil in a skillet. Deep fry the pockets till golden brown. Your delicious prawn pockets are ready.

Prawn Pockets recipe