Avantika's Kitchen Delights: My style of Indian Prawns / Shrimp Curry

Here is an easy and quick Prawn curry recipe for all the seafood lovers. This recipe goes with a steamed rice and with chapatis, phulkas and naan.

I have used easily available ingredients here. However the yellow mustard seeds is the key ingredient in my style of this prawns curry.

I have used frozen prawns. Any brand would do.

Prawns / Shrimp

For Marination :

(1) Prawns / Shrimp : 150 gms / 35 pieces

(2) Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tablespoon

(3) Turmeric / Haldi powder - 1/4 teaspoon

(4) Kashmiri Red Chilli powder - 3/4 teaspoon (Depending on the spicy taste required)

(5) Pepper powder - 2 pinch

(6) Salt as required

(7) Cooking Oil to fry

Here are the pictures of ingredients used.

Prawns / Shrimp pack

All ingredients set aside for the preparation of Prawns curry

For Gravy :

(1) 2 medium sized Onions, finely chopped

(2) 1 large Tomato, finely chopped

(3) Yellow Mustard seeds - 3 teaspoons

(4) 8-10 garlic buds, finely chopped

(5) 1 inch sized ginger, finely chopped

(6) Coriander / Dhaniya powder - 1 teaspoon

(7) Cumin / Jeera powder - 1 teaspoon

(8) Turmeric / Haldi powder - 1/2 teaspoon

(9) Kashmiri Red Chilli powder - 3/4 teaspoon

(10) Coriander leaves, finely chopped

(11) Salt as required

(12) Oil for cooking

(13) 2 Tej patta / Bay leaves

All ingredients set aside for the preparation of Prawns curry

Course : Main
Cuisine : Indian
Serves : 2 persons
Time required : 5 minutes for preparation and 55 minutes for cooking = 1 hour

METHOD :

(1) Keep aside the frozen prawns or thaw it in a mircrowave for

2 -3 minutes.

Frozen Prawns

Prawns after thawing

Add all the marination ingredients to the cleaned Prawns and mix well.

After mixing...

Set aside to marinate for 10 minutes.

(2) Heat oil in a pan to fry the Prawns. Then add marinated prawns. Saute until the Prawns is fried. Prawns will release some water. Cook it on a medium flame. Let it cook for 6-8 minutes till they are cooked, turns red and curls.

(3) Turn off the gas stove and remove the Prawns from the pan and keep aside.

Fried Prawns / Shrimp

(4) Now heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a kadhai / wok.

(5) Add chopped garlic.

Chopped Garlic added to warm oil

(6) After few seconds, add chopped ginger too.

Chopped Ginger added

(7) Saute till the garlic turns golden colour and the raw smell of the ginger goes away.

Garlic and Ginger after sauteeing

(8) Add finely chopped Onions and mix well. Saute till they turn golden in colour.

Chopped Onions added

Onions after sauteeing

(9) Add finely chopped Tomato and sauté till they are cooked and turn mushy.

Chopped Tomatoes added

Onions Tomatoes after sauteeing

(10) Turn off the gas flame and allow it to cool.

(11) Put the sautéed Onion Tomato mixture into the grinding jar of a mixer grinder. Add 3 teaspoon of mustard seeds and grind the mixture till you get a smooth paste.

Onions and Tomato with yellow mustard seeds added in the grinding jar

(12) Take 4 table spoons of oil in a wok / kadhai.

(13) Add 2 Tej patta / Bay leaves.

Bay leaves / Tej patta added to warm oil

(14) Then add the Onion Tomato Mustard seeds paste to the warm oil.

Onions Tomato and Yellow mustard seeds paste added to warm oil

Mix well.

(15) Add 1/2 teaspoon of Turmeric powder, 3/4 teaspoon of Kashmiri Red Chilli powder, 1 teaspoon of Cumin powder and 1 teaspoon of Coriander powder to the gravy.