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.

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.