Prawns are served as several dishes like curry and pickle in southeast Asia, and as garlic prawns in Spain. Other dishes include prawn sauce, tapas and potted shrimp. Prawns are also served with chicken wings and rice.
In Philippines a major delicacy is prawns in coconut milk. It's a dish where the prawns are cooked in coconut milk with a little ginger, salt and some pepper.
The meat has a sweet, delicate flavor and is considered better than either lobster or shrimp.
Different types are found in both seawater and fresh water and they are also widely farmed in various countries.
Raising prawns is a lot like other types of food animals. It needs special attention and hard work; the ponds are stocked in the spring with juvenile prawns that grow throughout the summer. When the prawns are large enough to harvest, the farmers drain the ponds, and the prawns follow the water flow as it exits into a catch basin. Once in the basin they are then netted, placed in baskets and carried on for additional processing.
China is the leader in production of prawns although a lot of southeast asian countries also produce prawns . The genus Macrobrachium consists of about 200 species
They area rich source of calcium, protein and antioxidants like selenium. One hundred grams of prawns provide about 110kcal.
Besides having a definite role in enhancing our appetite these are full of polyunsaturated fats which have anti-inflammatory properties and stop the cartilage in joints from eroding. Studies have also found their omega-3 reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and have anti cancer properties.
