Prawn Masala - Iral Thokku

Iral Thokku is a delicious recipe of all prawn receipes. It is one of those non-veg dishes that tastes good with rice especially curd rice.

I wanted to prepare Popcorn Shrimp but my mom wanted Prawn thokku today and one of my friends was also requesting me for the receipe.

I have cooked this with medium and large sized prawns today but this dish's taste adds on when its cooked with small sized prawns.

So here it goes..

Ingredients
Prawns - 250gms (shelled, deveined)
Shallots - 20 (Small Onions, chopped)
Onion - 1 (big, chopped)
Tomatoes - 3 (finely chopped)
Garlic - 10 (chopped)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Sambhar powder - 3 tsp
Water - 1/2 glass
Salt

To Season
Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad dhal - 1/4 tsp (broken, not whole)
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp (Sombhu)
Curry leaves - few leaves

Procedure
1. Chop the onion shallots lengthwise into 4 or 5 pieces.
2. Heat Oil in a non-stick pan and add the items given in to season one by one.
3. Add the chopped garlic and fry for 2 minutes.
4. Now add the onions and fry till it gets transparent.
5. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry till it leaves out oil.
6. Now add all the dry powders, salt and fry till raw smell goes off.
7. Add water as required, cover and cook the gravy in medium flame for 5 minutes.
8. Now add the cleaned prawns and fry a minute and let it cook in a medium flame.
9. Add water in between if required and cook the prawns in the masala till it leave out oil.
10. Once it is done, cook it in low flame.