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Karides (Prawns)

Asia › Turkey
serves 4 45 min Medium 18 versions
Gluten-free Lactose-free With Seafood Under 45 Minutes Dinner
Karides tarifi
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Prawn Skewers

One of 18 versions of Karides (Prawns) · the most complete write-up. The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 4 people
  • 20 piece prawns · coarse
  • 10 piece bay leaf
  • 5 piece tomato · small
  • 6 piece green pointed pepper
  • 2 piece lemon
  • 1-2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 teaspoon black pepper

How to make it

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  1. Snap the heads off the prawns and take off the shells.
  2. Clean the black vein along their backs with the point of a knife, then wash and dry them.
  3. Sprinkle salt and black pepper over the prawns; mix them with the juice of a lemon and leave them for 10 minutes.
    10 min
  4. Bend the head and tail ends of the prawns round and thread them onto the skewers.
  5. Thread half a slice of lemon, half a bay leaf, a quartered tomato and green pepper between them.
  6. Brush the skewers with olive oil and cook them over the fire, turning them, for 8-10 minutes, until the prawns turn pink.
    10 min
  7. Serve hot with vegetable garnishes and slices of lemon.
Tips

If you overcook the prawns they go rubbery; take them off the heat the moment they turn pink. Do not eat the bay leaf, it is only there for its scent.

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Karides (Prawns) versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

On skewers, with bay leaf base Cantonese Fried Greek style, baked In a casserole In garlic sauce Indian style Jumbo, with spinach Kavurma with ginger On skewers, prawns in plaice Pilaki, cold Provence Sweet and sour Thai-style soup With peppers With spinach With squid, in a casserole With vinegar
Ingredient On skewers, with bay leaf Cantonese Fried Greek style, baked In a casserole In garlic sauce Indian style Jumbo, with spinach Kavurma with ginger On skewers, prawns in plaice Pilaki, cold Provence Sweet and sour Thai-style soup With peppers With spinach With squid, in a casserole With vinegar
salt ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
black pepper ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓
garlic — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ ✓
pepper ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ —
onion — — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓
oil — ✓ — ✓ — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓
parsley — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — — ✓
tomato ✓ — — ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — ✓ ✓
butter — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ —
lemon juice — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — —
olive oil ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — — —
soy sauce — ✓ — — — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ — — — —
vinegar — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — ✓
white wine — — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
bay leaf ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
mushrooms — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — ✓ — — ✓ — —
potato — — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ — — — — — — —
brandy — — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
carrot — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — — — — —
cornflour — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
flour — — ✓ — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
ginger — ✓ — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
lemon ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
sandwich kaşar cheese — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ —
spinach — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — ✓ — —
sugar — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — — —
apple juice — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
basil — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — —
bechamel sauce — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — —
beer — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
bread — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
broccoli — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
coriander — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
cream — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
curry powder — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
dry sherry — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
egg — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
frying oil — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
grape vinegar — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
grated coconut — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
hot pepper sauce — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
hot sauce — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
kaşar cheese — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — —
labneh — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
lemon zest — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
margarine — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
meat stock — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
milk — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
oregano — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
plaice fillet — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
shallots — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
squid — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
sweetcorn — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
tinned mushrooms — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
tomato paste — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
tomato puree — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
water — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — —
white cheese (feta-style) — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Cantonese

serves 4 50 min

Small prawns left to rest in a spiced egg mixture and fried; Chinese style.

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Fried

serves 4 40 min

Prawns coated in a hot sauce made with beer and fried; with a garlic and olive oil sauce alongside.

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Greek style, baked

serves 4 50 min

Prawns baked with white cheese over a tomato sauce; sauteed with wine.

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In a casserole

serves 4 55 min

A hot starter in which prawns, mushrooms and tomato are baked in earthenware dishes with kaşar cheese.

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In garlic sauce

serves 4 50 min

Prawns boiled in vegetable stock; with a garlic sauce brought to the thickness of cream with potato alongside.

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Indian style

serves 4 35 min

Prawns flambed with brandy and cooked with curry powder, white wine and meat stock; the sauce is bound with flour.

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Jumbo, with spinach

serves 2 30 min

Jumbo prawns cut in half and sauteed, on a bed of spinach that keeps its bite.

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Kavurma with ginger

serves 4 40 min

A Far Eastern kavurma in which raw prawns are fried in hot oil with ginger and garlic and seasoned with soy sauce, wine and hot sauce.

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On skewers, prawns in plaice

serves 4 50 min

A dish in which prawns are put inside strips of plaice and rolled up, threaded onto skewers with lemon zest and bay leaves, and fried.

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Pilaki, cold

serves 4 1 hr

An olive oil pilaki in which boiled prawns are cooked with carrot, potato and tomato and served cold.

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Provence

serves 2 20 min

Jumbo prawns coated in parsley and garlic and fried; flambed with brandy as they are served.

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Sweet and sour

serves 4 40 min

Prawns and vegetables sauteed in a Far Eastern sweet and sour sauce. The sauce is made beforehand.

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Thai-style soup

serves 4 1 hr

A Far Eastern soup in which creamy milk infused with coconut is strained and cooked with spices and prawns, served with buttered croutons.

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With peppers

serves 4 35 min

A quick recipe in which boiled and peeled prawns are fried in butter with paprika.

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With spinach

serves 6 1 hr

A gratin in which spinach, mushrooms and prawns are layered and baked with bechamel and kaşar cheese.

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With squid, in a casserole

serves 4 45 min

A seafood casserole in which prawns and squid are sauteed with mushrooms, pepper and tomato and baked in an earthenware dish with kaşar cheese.

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With vinegar

serves 4 20 min

Prawns fried with garlic and vinegar and finished with tomato. A hot starter ready in a quarter of an hour.

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