Hot spicy Prawn (shrimp) masala

• Servings: 4
• Marinating time: 10-20 minutes.
• Preparation time: 10 minutes.
• Frying time: 14 minutes.
• Cooking time: 4-5 minutes.
• Total time: 29 minutes

It is simple to cook and delicious to eat. The texture of this dish is  superb can be paired with Rice or any Indian bread.

Prawn takes very less time to cook; it is important to frying masala very well before  adding the prawns.

Earlier my daughter- in-law did not like the prawns but when I prepared  this recipe in dinner yesterday, not  only she loved the recipe, she demanded for next time. I garnished  with fresh greens of coriander  and cashew nuts.

It is full of protein, extremely low in calories and the good  point is that Prawn is a great source of vitamin B and  help to build strong bone.

Ingredients:

• Prawn: 500gm
• Onion: 2 no. (Small)
• Tomato: 1no. (Small)
• Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon
• Ginger paste: 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste: half teaspoon
• Oil: 2 table spoon
• Cumin: half teaspoon
• Bay leaf: 2 no.
• Salt: 1teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: 1teaspoon
• Red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder: 1teaspoon
• Garam masala powder: one forth teaspoon
• Fresh coriander leaves: 2 table spoon (chopped)
• Water:  half cup

Preparation:

1. Clean and wash the prawn.
2. First remove head and leg from the body.
3. Then peel the shell from the prawn.
4. Cut outer edge prawn’s back. You can see intestine of the dorsal part of the body (vein).
5. Remove and discard the vein runs along right under the surface of back, with your finger or tip of knife
6. Add lemon juice. Leave it for 5-7 minutes. Again wash the prawn drain out all the water.
7. Marinate the prawn with salt and red chilli powder.
8. Cut onion and tomatoes into small pieces.

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan till smoke is coming; add bay leaf, cumin, sputter for few seconds.
2. Add chopped onion, stir  fry on high flame (About 2-3 minutes) add ginger and garlic paste, continue to fry for a minute.
3. Add all powder masala and tomato, fry for couple of minutes on medium flame or till oil separates from edges.
4. Add marinated prawn, continue to cook for 4-6 minutes with lid on. Reduce by low flame, fry till liquid dries up.
5. Add hot water. Close lid.
6. Reduce flame to lower heat, cook  for ~4-5 minutes or until gravy becomes thick and oil comes on top.
7. Add Garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves.

   

   

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Serve with paratha or pulao.

Hot spicy Prawn (shrimp) masala by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.