Green Prawns Masala Recipe

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This Green Prawns Masala recipe is tangy, spicy and mouth watering. Moreover, you could make this dish simple with ingredients easily found in your kitchen. Green Prawns is a semi dry gravy which goes well with roti or rice.

Ingredients

For Green Paste

1 smallsmall onion (pyaz)
1 inchginger (adrak)
3-4garlic (lehsun)
½ cupchopped coriander leaves (dhaniya)
2-3green chilies (mirchi)
1 tbspwater if required
a pinchof salt

For curry

1.5 tbspoil
20-22medium sized prawns (de-shelled and de-veined) (jhinga)
1 mediumsized onion chopped into julienne (pyaz)
12-14curry leaves (kadi patta)
1 mediumsized potato peeled and chopped into cubes (optional) (aloo)
3-4garcinia indica (kokum) / 1 tomato / 1 tbsp tamarind pulp
1 t/ssugar
1 t/sturmeric powder (haldi)
saltas per taste

Directions

Wash the prawns and de-vein them and put some salt and allow to rest for 10 min.
Peel the potatoes and chop them into cubes and immerse them in water with little salt else they would start darkening.
Grind all the ingredients for the green paste with a little salt into a smooth and add a little water if required and don't forget to add salt as it would help to retain its green color.
Take a pan with oil and once the oil is hot add half of curry leaves.
Add onion julienne with the rest of curry leaves and add some salt and sugar which would help the onion to caramelize faster.
Once the onion changes its color add the grounded green paste and add turmeric powder and stir it.
Cook the paste for 2-3 min and stir it and add potatoes.
Cover with lid and cook until potatoes are cooked and if you want the gravy thick and dry then cook until moisture evaporates.
Add prawns and cook for 1-2 min and add kokum and add salt according to your taste.
Cook for 2 min and switch off the gas and serve the prawns green masala curry with rice.

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