RCI-CR.001.0015.001
Prawn Curry
Preparation time : 40 minutes Serves : 6 persons
Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings6
Difficultyadvanced
Ingredients
- medium size prawns (clean them and cut their tails)1 kg
- tomatoes1/2 kg
- size onions (cut in julienne)4 medium
- potatoes (cut in small cubes)3 unit
- green cardamom2 unit
- black cardamom1 unit
- cinnamon sticks2 unit
- cloves3 unit
- garlic paste2 tbsp
- ginger paste (optional)1 tbsp
- red chili powder1 tbsp
- turmeric powder1 tsp
- cumin powder1 tbsp
- black pepper1 tsp
- Salt to taste1 unit
- mix spice powder (garam masala)1 tsp
- nutmeg and mace powder1/4 tsp
- oil1 cup
Method
1
Take a tablespoon of oil in a pan and sauté prawns on medium high flame for 2 minutes only so that their water dries out and they turn pink in color. Don't try to cook prawns for more than that because they will become very hard like rubber and will give you a hard time chewing them.
2
In a sauce pan, heat the remaining oil and fry onions on high flame for 8-10 minutes and stir constantly while frying until they become light golden in color.
3
When onions have been fried, add tomato pieces, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, cloves, cardamoms and cinnamon sticks. Cover the pan and cook them on medium flame until they all mix together and form a curry. It takes at least 10 - 15 minutes for the curry to be cooked.
4
When curry becomes red in color and onions gets soft, add potato pieces with one cup of water and let them cook for 15 minutes until potato becomes tender.
5
After that uncover the pan and cook on high flame so that oil starts to separate from the gravy. Now its time to add rest of spices; cumin powder, black pepper powder, mix spice powder and nutmeg and mace powder.
6
In the end, add fried prawn pieces and sprinkle some coriander leaves. Mix them together and and then cover the pan. Just cook for a minute on very low flame.