Prawn Masala

Ingredients

Small Prawns - 200 gms
Onions - 2 (finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
Tomato Puree - 1 small cup
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp
Corriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
Homemade Chilli-Corriander Powder - 1 tsp
Fennel Powder - 1/4 tsp
Coconut Milk - a small cup
Salt - to taste

To Marinate

Lime Juice - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

For Seasoning

Oil - 2 tbsp
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon piece - 1
Fennel Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves - few

Method

Marinate the de-shelled, de-veined Prawns with lime juice and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.

Heat Oil in a kadai and add the items given in "For Seasoning" one-by-one. When it starts spluttering, add the chopped onions, salt and saute for 3 minutes. Add the ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes and saute for another 3 minutes.

Add all the dry powders, salt and saute for 2 minutes. Now add the tomato puree and cook the gravy in medium flame. When you find the oil oozing out, add the prawns. Cook the Prawns in medium flame for 5 minutes. Now add the coconut milk and cook for another 5 minutes.

Transfer the Prawn Masala to a serving dish

Prawn Fried Rice

Ingredients
Medium Sized Prawns - 250 gms (de-veined)
Eggs - 2
Basmathi Rice - 500 gms
Chopped Beans - 100 gms
Chopped Carrot - 100 gms
Chopped Cabbage - 100 gms
Chopped Spring Onions - 100 gms
Chopped Onions - 1
Green Chillies - 2
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
Ajonomotto - a pinch
White Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 7 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Water - to cook the rice

Method

Boil the rice to 3/4th. Spread it wide in a plate and allow it to cool.

Heat Oil in a kadai. Add the chopped onions and saute for a minute. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell is off.

Add all the chopped Vegetables, Prawns and saute for another 2 minutes.

Break the Eggs, add salt, a pinch of ajonomotto and saute for a minute.

Now add soya sauce and fry for another 2 minutes.

Add the cooled boiled rice. Fry it for 5 minutes.

Now add the white pepper powder. Mix it well and finish it with chopped spring onions.

Transfer the Prawn Fried Rice to a serving dish and serve it hot.

Goan Shrimp Curry or Goan Prawn Curry

"Goan Shrimp Curry", is a non-vegeterian curry from Goa, the western coast of India. To be said in a simple way, Shrimp in Coconut Curry (Sauce).

It can be had with plain rice and Indian flat breads.

We can find various versions of this Goan Shrimp Curry. Many would use tamarind for the sour taste. I have used tomatoes instead.

Try this out and let me know your suggestions/comments.

Ingredients
De-veined Shrimp - 250 gms (Medium sized Prawns)
Turmeric Powder - less than 1/4 tsp
Coconut milk - a small cup
Oil - 1 tbsp

To Grind
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Pepper corns - 4 to 5
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Dry Red Chilli - 1
Coconut - 3 tbsp
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
Corriander Powder - 1 tsp

To Season
Bay Leaf - 1
Cinnamon - a very small piece
Cloves - 2

Preparation

Marinate the de-veined Shrimp with turmeric powder and little salt.

Grind the items given in To Grind section to a fine paste.

Heat Oil in a Kadai and add items given in To Season. Now add the grinded paste and saute till the raw smell is off. Add Coconut milk to the cooked paste and cook it in low flame.

Once you see the bubbles in the coconut sauce, add salt and the de-veined shrimp. Shrimps are very soft and it gets cooked in a very less time. See to it that you don't cook the shrimp in the coconut curry for more than 5 minutes.

Add finely chopped green chillies.

Transfer the Shrimp Curry to a serving dish and serve it hot with your Plain Rice/Phulkas..

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.

Crispy Prawn Oats

You people might think why I am using Oats? Didn't have bread crumbs at house for doing Crispy Popcorn Prawns and ended up with Crispy Prawn Oats..

Get the fresh King Prawns and if you don't get the fresh ones, you can go for the stored ones (especially for people in US..). Remove the head part of the prawns and clean it and see to it that you dont remove the tail part.

Believe me the tail after deep frying, gives out an awesome orange color that tempts one to eat it..

Ingredients
Ingredients
Maida Flour - 3 tsp
Corn Flour - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp
Ajnomotto Salt - a pinch
Salt - as required

Crushed Oats - 2 tbsp
Crushed rusk - 2 tbsp

To Marinate
Prawn - 250 gms (large size prawns)
Egg - 1/2 (only white)
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 3/4 tsp
White Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
Black Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
Lime Juice - 2 tsp
Ajnomotto Salt - a pinch
Salt - as required

Procedure
1. Marinate the prawns and refrigerate it for more than a hour.
2. Make a paste of all the items givens in the Ingredients.
3. Dip the marinated prawns in the flour paste.
4. Roll the dipped prawns in the crushed oats or crushed rusk.
5. Deep fry the prawns now and garnish it with lime and onion pieces.