Prawn Masala

Prawn Masala

Ingredients

Prawn (de-veined) 500 gm
Mustard oil (sarso ka tel) 3-4 table spoon
Vinegar (sirka) 1 table spoon
Salt  (namak) as per taste
Turmeric powder (haldi)  ½ tea spoon
Sugar  (chini) 1 tea spoon
Dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) 1 tea spoon

For spices

Onion (payaz) chopped 2 big
Tomato (tamater) 1 medium
Garlic- ginger (lahsan adrakh) paste 2 table spoon
Kashmiri red chillies (Kashmiri lal mirch) 2-3 Pieces
Whole red chillies (sabut lal mirch) 2-3Pieces
Cinnamon (Dalchini) 1”
Coriander seed (dhaniya sabut) 2 tea spoon
Caraway seed (shahi jeera) 1 tea spoon
Fennel seed (saunf) ½ tea spoon
Bay leaf (tej patta) 1
Cloves (laung) 2-3 Pieces
Pepper corn (kali mirch) 7-8 Pieces
Green cardamom (chhoti elaichi) 2
Black cardamom (moti elaichi) 1
Stone flower (pathar phool) ½ table spoon
Poppy seed (khus khus) 1 table spoon
Lime wedges for garnish

Instructions

  1. Marinate prawns with salt and turmeric for 10-15 minutes.
  2. Boil onion and both variety of red chilies in water for 5-7 minutes. Allow it to cool and peel off the onion skin and chop them.
  3. Take little oil in a non-stick pan. Add bay leaf, caraway, coriander, fennel, green and brown cardamoms, cloves and pepper corns, Kashmiri chilli and red chillies and cook it for 1 minute or until it starts leaving aroma. Add boiled onion, garlic ginger and tomato and cook it for sometimes. Add stone flower and poppy seeds. Add little water and cook it well.
  4. Grind this mixture well add little water if required. The paste should be smooth and thick. Strain it in strainer to get fine paste.
  5. Take the same non-stick pan add little oil. Once oil is hot add the prepared spice paste.
  6. Cook this for 3-4 minutes or until the paste starts leaving the edges of the pan.
  7. Add turmeric powder, dried fenugreek leaves, salt and sugar. Now add prawn. Mix it nicely and cook uncovered until the mixture gets dry and starts leaving oil around the edges. Sprinkle vinegar and coriander leaves and mix nicely. Switch off the gas.
  8. Serve it with lemon wedges.

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