Prawns Masala
Finally I mustered the courage to buy the prawns. Actually a few months back I went to buy prawns and it was such a shock for me when I came to know that I wouldn’t get it cleaned. And I would have to do it on my own. It’s such a messy and time consuming task to de-scale and de-vein the prawns.
This weekend after getting the prawns home I took about an hour to clean it up and another to prepare it. And when the prawms masala was ready and we hogged it up in about 15 minutes, I was wondering where all the prawns went.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
500 gms medium sized prawns
2 medium sized onions, finely chopped
1 cup grated fresh coconut
4 tbsp cooking oil
salt to taste.
Marinade:
7-8 garlic cloves
1.5 inches ginger
2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp chili powder
2 tbsp whole coriander seeds
7-8 green chilies
1/5 cup roughly chopped coriander
2-3 cardamom
1 star anise
1 black cardamom
4-5 cloves
8-10 black whole pepper
1 piece of cinnamon
salt to taste.
1. Wash the de-scaled and de-veined prawns gently under running water. Keep aside to drain water.
2. Make a thick paste of the ingredients for the marinade, by adding around 1/4 cup water.
3. Evenly cover the prawns with the marinade by gently mixing them together.
4. Keep in the chiller for about 30 minutes to marinate.
5. Make a thick paste of the freshly grated coconut by adding water.
6. Heat the oil in a wok.
7. Fry the onions in the oil till transparent and brown.
8. Add the marinated prawns and cook for about 10 minutes on meduim flame till oil starts separating.
9. Add the coconut paste and add about half a cup water. Add salt to taste.
10. Let the prwans cook till it is dry and cooked.
11. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve hot with rice or Indian Bread.
This also can be used as the masala for prawns pulao. Mix gently to cooked basmati rice and steam for about 7-8 minutes on low flame. I know many of you are going to try it straight away. Tell me how it turns out and send me the snap.
