Indian prawn curry

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This is one very common lunch dish at my home.Though I am not a big sea food lover but I love shrimps,prawns and crabs a lot.And I love them when they are well cooked and spicy.
So here I am sharing my Indian style prawn curry recipe with you guys. This is one of the prawn curry recipes though. In upcoming days I will share few more which are very hit on my dining table 😀 and I am sure you will love them.If you like less spicy then just cook them with less chillies.

Indian Prawn Curry

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Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

1 hour

A delicious spicy Indian style prawn curry to eat with rice.

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Ingredients

7-8 good sized fresh prawns
5-6 baby potatoes
1 bay leaf
½ tsp samal fennel seeds or kalanji
1 green chilli slightly cut
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 medium sized onion chopped
4-5 garlic cloves chopped
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp cumin powder/paste
½ tsp coriander powder
2 tsp green chilli paste
½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder for color(optional)
½ tsp sugar(optional)
1 tsp garam masala
salt according to taste
mustard oil to cook

Instructions

Wash the prawns very well.cut the tails and peel off the skin from the heads.
Take baby potatoes and boil them.Then peel off and cut them into 2 half equal sized portions.
Marinate prawns with ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt and fry them a little from all side.
Marinate potatoes with another ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt.Fry them little in oil as well.
Now take fresh oil in a pan and heat it.Put a bay leaf,kalanji,green chilli.Saute for a minute.
Add chopped garlic and onion.
Fry them till golden.Add green chilli paste,cumin powder,coriander powder,ginger paste.
Add red chilli powder,sugar too with a half cup of water.Saute the mixture in medium flame.
saute till the spices start releasing oil.Add little salt and add the prawns and potatoes.
stir the mixture in low flame for 5 minutes.Now add 2 cup water and keep high flame.
When the water gets reduced to ¼ of previous then add garam masala and saute for 5 mints.
Serve it hot with steamed rice.