Prawn Curry

Ingredients:

• Prawn - 250 gm
• Small Onions - 1/4 cup
• Garlic - 5 to 6 pods
• Green chilli - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Chilli powder - 1 sp
• Turmeric powder - 1 sp
• Jeera - 1/2 sp
• Somf - 1/2 sp
• Fenugreek - 1/2 spoon
• Pepper - 1/2 sp
• Kasa kasa - 1 sp
• Cashew - 3
• Coconut - 3 tbsp
• curry leaves
• Salt to taste
• oil

Method:

Remove the prawns from the shell and clean well. Blend coconut, small onion ( 3 or 4), half tomato, Jeera and somf, kasa kasa and cashew to a paste.

Cut the onion and garlic into two or three pieces. slit the green chilli and chop the tomato.

In a kadai heat 2 table spoon oil and fry the pepper and fenugreek seed followed by the curry leaves, onion and garlic and green chilli.

sauté for a while and then add the tomatoes and cook we..

Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt, sauté till the raw smell goes.

Add a little water and the cleaned prawns.

Cook it closed for a minute and then add the ground coconut paste.

Bring it to boil slightly and turn off the stove.

Note: Prawns get cooked faster. Clean the prawns in lot of water as it will have fine sand in it. If the prawns are bigger cut them into two. you can reduce the coconut if you want it as a think masala.... increase the quantity if you want it as a gravy for rice or chapathi.