🦐 Prawns
Coastal prawns — fried, in coconut sauce, or spiced.
Uduvi = prawns / shrimp. Coastal Tanzania prawn recipes — fried, coconut, or spiced.
Best places for Prawns
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Kashangae Ferry — prawns; prawns ceviche Kukukuku — Dar es Salaam
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Prawns — Samaki Samaki Dar es Salaam Mansa Musa Prawns, Prawns Zanzibar, Drunken Prawns
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Prawns — Wavuvi Kempu Dar es Salaam La Vicina pizza with prawns
Ingredients
- 500 g Cleaned small prawns
- 1 Onion
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- 2 Fresh chili
- 2 Lime
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1/2 cup Coriander
- to taste Salt
How to cook Prawns
Uduvi (small prawns) are coastal Tanzania market fare from Dar to Mtwara. Tiny prawns are quickly sautéed with lime, ginger and chili. Eaten with rice or ugali at fish eateries.
- Rinse prawns well in cold water; pat dry.
- Dice onion; mince ginger and chili.
- Heat oil in a wide pan over high heat.
- Add onion, fry 2 minutes until soft.
- Add ginger and chili, stir 30 seconds.
- Add prawns all at once, toss quickly 3–4 minutes.
- When pink, season with salt and lime juice.
- Turn off heat immediately — small prawns cook in seconds.
- Add coriander, toss once.
- Serve immediately with hot rice and lime salad.
Tips
- Never overcook small prawns — they turn rubbery.
- High heat and a wide pan give best flavor.
- Same-day market prawns taste sweetest.
Goes well with
Frequently asked questions
- Uduvi ni nini?
- Uduvi ni prawns / shrimp wa bahari — hutumiwa kuka, mchuzi wa nazi au viungo vikali kwenye pwani ya Tanzania.
- Uduvi in English ni nini?
- Uduvi in English ni prawns au shrimp.
- Jinsi ya kupika uduvi?
- Safisha, chuja na kuka kwa dakika chache — nazi au whiskey style. Mapishi hapa chini.
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