Prawn Curry Delicious Fish Dish

Prawn Curry

Ingredients:

• Prawns 600 g
• Medium onions 2
• Medium tomatoes 4
• Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
• Cinnamon sticks 2
• Cardamom pods 4
• Cloves 4
• Green chillies 2
• Ginger and garlic paste 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste 
• Turmeric powder half tsp
• Red chilli powder 1 tsp
• Coriander   tsp
• Cumin powder 1 tbsp
• Tomato paste 1 tbsp
• Hot water 2 cups (500ml)
• Garam masala powder half tsp
• Coriander leaves half

Method Of Cooking:

• First pull off the head, then rinse the prawn in water.
• Remove the shell from the middle part of the prawn.
• Hold the exposed top end and pull the tail to remove the rest of the shell.
• Peel and finely dice 2 onions, then 4 tomatoes.
• Then chop 2 green chillies.
• Put a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. 
• Add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
• Add 2 sticks of cinnamon,4 cardamom pods, and 4 cloves.
• Fry for about 30 seconds, stirring continually.
• Add the 2 chopped onions and 2 green chillies to the pan, and fry for about 5 minutes or until the onions are a light golden brown. Stir frequently to stop the onions burning.
• Now add 2 tablespoons of ginger and garlic paste, stir well.
• Add 1/2 a teaspoon of turmeric,1 teaspoon of red chilli powder ,1 teaspoon of coriander powder and
• half a teaspoon of garam masala and fry for 5 minutes over a low heat, stirring frequently.
• Add the finely chopped tomatoes followed by 1 tablespoon of cumin powder,then stir.
• Add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste and stir it in. 
• Add a cup of water and keep stirring until the water is absorbed.
• Turn the heat down, put the lid on, and leave to simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the oil separates from the dish and rises to the top.
• Turn the heat back up to high and add the prawns to the pan. Then stir in 2 generous pinches of salt.
• Add approximately 200ml of warm water to the pan. Stir. Then put the lid on and bring the heat down. Leave for about 10 minutes or until the prawns are cooked. check occasionally. The prawns are done when they turn pink and opaque. When they are ready, turn the heat off.
• Finely chop the coriander and save a couple of good leaves to garnish. Now stir in the coriander

Serve with rice.

Fish And Chips Very Tasty English Dish

Fish And Chips

Ingredients:

• 4 large pieces of cod
• 1kg or 2½ lbs potatoes 
• Sunflower seed oil 
• Salt and fine white pepper to taste.

For the batter:

• 200g or 7 oz of plain flour 
• 1 large egg 
• 150ml or 5 fl oz of water and milk mixed 

Method Of Cooking:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into chips. 
• Start to make the batter mixture by putting the flour into a large bowl. 
• Whisk the egg and add  a maximum of 2 tablespoons of dark beer or 2 teaspoons of  worcestershire sauce. 
• Now pour the whisked egg into the flour adding the milk/water mixture and beat until smooth.
• Leave this to stand for an hour. 
• Heat a deep pan, filled with enough oil to cover the chips, until it is hot.
• Heat a second pan of oil just deep enough to cover the fish. 
• Individually put each fish fillet into the batter.
• Slide the fish back and forth to cover with batter and lift out and allow to drip for a second or two then repeat. 
• This makes sure the fish is completely covered in batter. 
• Lower a battered fish into the hot oil skin side to the bottom of the pan to stop the fillet curling as it heats. Now cook, one fillet at a time. After 5 minutes turn the fish over and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes. 
• Repeat with the second fillet, keeping the first cooked fillet warm in an oven. 
• Now put the chips in the pan to cook.
• Take care as the oil might froth as the wet chips go in. 
• Carry on cooking the other two fillets and put them in the oven to keep warm. 
• Lift out the chips when they reach a nice golden brown colour and are cooked. 
• Use a mesh spoon or similar to lift the chips out, letting the oil drip back into the pan.

Serve on plates or newspapers with the fish nestling on a bed of chips. Vinegar, salt and tomato sauce.

Prawns Masala Delicious Indian Dish

Prawns Masala

Ingredients:

• Prawns 500gm.
• Onion - 1
• Dry red chili - 2 or 3
• Ginger 1"
• Garlic 1"
• Tomato 1no
• Curry leaves
• Chili powder - 1 tsp 
• Tumeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Corinder powder - 1tsp 
• Garam masala - 1/2tsp
• Pepper powder - 1tsp
• Rice powder (optional)
• Salt to taste

Method Of Cooking:

• First clean the Prawns and keep aside.
• Put little chili powder, turmeric powder, Pepper powder, Salt to the Prawns and mix it.
• Make sure that all this spices coat throughly on the prawns.
• Leave it aside for some 30 mints. 
• Now chop the Onions and tomatoes into small pieces, chop ginger and garlic as well.
• After 30 mnts take out the marinated prawns and springle some rice powder on it.
• No need to dip the prawns in rice powder and all, just lightly put little rice powder on the prawns and mix it. Next to slightly shallow fry the prawns. 
• Fry it on medium heat.
• Remember not to cook prawn for long time as it will become hard if its cook for longer time.
• When its almost 90% cooked take it out and keep aside to cool down.
• Take a non stick pan, add oil and splutter mustard, add dry red chili and curry leaves.
• Add the chopped ginger, garlic and saute for few seconds. 
• Add the onions , salt and saute till the onions gets cooked, it need not become golden brown. 
• Then add the tomatoes and make a thick dry gravy. 
• Add the chili powder, Turmeric powder, Garam masala and corinder powder, stir nicely and cook for few more minutes. 
• Now add the prawns to the dry gravy. 
• After adding the prawns, close the lid of the pan and leave it for sometime on medium heat , almost 5 mnts will be enough. 

Spicy coconut prawns Very Tasty Prawn Dish

Spicy coconut prawns 

For Two Person
Ingredients:

• 24 raw tiger prawns in their shells, heads removed
• 8 tbsp. unsweetened coconut milk

For the marinade:

• 6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 
• 4 tbsp. chopped fresh coriander
• 1/2deseeded and finely chopped
• 3 tbsp. vinegar
• 2 stalks of lemon grass, finely chopped (or rind of 1/2 lemon)
• 8 tbsp. oil
• 4 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 tsp. coarsely crushed dried chillies
• 2 tsp. sugar
• a few boiled noodles
• hot sauce to serve 

How To cook:

• Place the prawns in a shallow dish.
• Combine all the marinade ingredients in a bowl.
• Pour the marinade over the prawns ensuring the prawns are well coated with the marinade.
• Marinate for 30 mins.
• Drain the prawns and reserve the marinade.
• Thread 3-4 prawns on a wooden skewer.
• Thread so as to pierce each prawn twice.
• Barbeque over medium hot coals, until the prawns are pink.
• Combine the reserved marinade with the coconut milk in a pan and heat over the barbeque for 5-6 mins, until the sauce thickens.
• Place the prawns on a bed of boiled noodles.
• Pour some hot sauce over the prawns and serve.

Chilly Prawn Indian's Favorite Spicy Dish

 Chilly Prawn 

Ingredients

• Prawn - 1 cup 
• Onion - 1 no
• Green chillies - 4 nos
• Capsicum - 1 no
• Salt - As reqd
• Pepper - 1 tsp
• Sugar - A pinch 
• Soya Sauce - 1 tbsp
• Ajinomoto - A pinch 
• Garlic - 1 tsp
• Ginger - 1 tsp
• Spring onion - 1 tbsp
• Oil for deep frying

 For the batter. 

• Allpurpose flour(Maida) - 2 tbsp
• Corn flour - 2 tbsp
• Egg - 1 no
• Salt - As reqd
• Pepper - A pinch 
• Sugar - As reqd
• Ajinomoto 

 Method of Cooking Chilly Prawn:

• Mix all the ingredients for the batter. 
• Dip the cleaned prawn in it and deep fry it in oil.
• When it turns to reddish brown, drain and remove
• Heat a little oil in a pan.
• Add chopped garlic and when it turns golden brown.
• Add chopped ginger, green chilly, onions and capsicum one by one and toss them well.
• Add the fried prawn to this along with salt, pinch of sugar, pepper powder, ajinomoto, soya sauce and toss it well by adding little water. 
• When half cooked, add the spring onions and mix well.
•  Serve hot with steam rice.