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Simple prawn masala

How to make coconut free Prawn masala | Prawn Recipes

Ingredients
  

  • Prawn medium-sized-500 gm
  • Chopped ginger -2" piece
  • Chopped garlic big-sized-4 cloves
  • Chopped onion medium-sized-2
  • Chopped tomato small-sized-2
  • Coriander powder-3 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Cumin Powder-1/2 tsp
  • Garam masala-1 tsp
  • Chilli powder-1 tsp
  • Pepper powder-1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves-4 springs
  • Salt
  • Oil

Method
 

  1. Add chopped onions, and fry till it becomes soft.
  2. Now add garlic, ginger and cook for some more minutes.
  3. Add tomato, salt and cook covered till the tomatoes become mushy. Keep this aside for cooling.
  4. Meanwhile, clean and wash the prawns.
  5. Use a blender to grind the cooked onion-tomato mixture into a smooth paste.
  6. In a hot pan, add oil. Next, add the ground paste and cook for 5 minutes.
  7. Now add all masala powders mentioned in the ingredients and saute.
  8. Add enough water to make it into a curry.
  9. Finally, add curry leaves and serve hot.

Notes

  • Use coconut or cream to make this Prawn masala richer.
  • Adding curry leaves in the final stage of the cooking will make the recipe more flavourful and tasty.
  • Prawn masala can be accompanied with White rice, Chapathi, Idli, Dosa, Ghee rice, Kerala appam, and Pathiri.