Dry shrimps (popularly known as Soda in Maharashtra) are directly dried under the sun after removing the shell. Okra and seafood are a popular pairing in West African cooking, and using dried prawns is a great way of providing a salty kick when making okra soup.

This compound has anti-inflammatory properties and may reduce the risk of some chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, and be beneficial for skin health.Dry fish has always been considered as poor man’s food but these days, it is being increasingly explored and used as an exotic ingredient by many global cuisines. They are used in many East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cuisines, imparting a unique umami taste. Welcome to Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, the internet’s largest source of recipes and know-how for wild foods. Dried freshwater (Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala) shellfishes from My Village are very tasty and nutritious ones. I have stir fried medium and tiny dried shrimp without pre-soaking and I quite like the hard, chewy texture of the shrimp.

One of the most important things you can do to garnish steamed vegetable dishes is to make sure they look as appetizing as possible. It all began when we felt the need to introduce safety and hygiene in handling and delivering raw seafood.Dried shrimp are a versatile ingredient that can be used in a variety of recipes, from salad dressing to soups to stir-fries and more. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. As it happened, I’d also caught a bunch of trout in the Sierra foothills, which I was planning on smoking… [light bulb goes off over my head] I know!

The fruit looks like a small plum, and the flesh and skin when dried turns black and is used to add sourness to fish curries in some parts of India (although some people use tamarind). In Palembang, ebi is boiled, ground and sautéed to make a savoury shrimp powder used as a topping for pempek.

Dried shrimp can be used as a garnish for steamed vegetable dishes, giving them an added kick of unami.

A healthy, balanced diet should include at least two portions of fish or seafood per week, and one portion should be an oily variety of fish.Dried shrimp is also used for dried shrimp patties that are cooked in a red sauce with cactus (nopales). But my personal favourite is dried shrimps and especially this recipe where the shrimps are tossed through lightly fried onions, curry leaves and spices. NOlahhh, not to fit into the bridal gown lah, but vain enough and trying hard to upkeep my ‘dropping’ market valeu! Omega-3 fats are a type of polyunsaturated fat, meaning they have more than one double bond in their chemical structure. If you take India in particular, dried fish features heavily in the regional cuisines of Goa, Kerala, Maharasthra, coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Assam, many regions of North East etc… In fact, the small town of Jagiroad in Assam has the largest dry fish market in Asia.