Poetry of Food

Prawn Curry Recipe:

Prawns or in bengali the "Chingri" is the most tempting word for all the food lovers...I have never seen a person who doesn't love prawns unless that person is allergic to it....well,in my house,it's a most favorite item and my husband and even my three years old daughter are just addicted to it....she cant eat spicy food and that's why I always add very little chilli powder,very small quantity of all the spices and always try to make it very tasty yet...

This prawn curry preparation ,I have learned from my maa.and sharing her recipe only....Here i want to mention one thing that Maa cooks her super tasty and super delicious recipe with mustard oil most of the time and so I do the same...


Ingredients:

1. Medium to large size prawns:500gm
2. Potatoes:2-3 medium(cut in medium blocks)
3. Onion :2(make a paste)
4. Ginger paste:2 tsp
5. Garlic paste:1/4 to 1/2 tsp(this one I added but maa doesnt like to add garlic paste for any preparation other than chicken or mutton).
6. Tomato:1 (chopped)
7. Turmeric Powder
8. chilli powder:a pinch(you can add it as much as you want)
9. Salt,as per taste
10. sugar:1/2 tsp
11. Garam masala powder.
12. Oil for cooking
13. Water:2 cups
14. yoghurt:1 tbsp

Procedure:

At frist clean your prawns and marinate with salt and little turmeric powder for few minutes and make the prawns little fry and keem them aside.

1. At first cut your potatoes in medium blocks and fry them with little oil and turmeric powder in a kadai until they become golden.Keep them aside.
2. Now add 2-3 table spoon of mustard oil in your pan and let it be hot .
3. Now add the garic paste and make it little fry until brown.
4. Now add sugar and fry it till brown.
5. Add the oion paste,ginger paste,chopped tomato.
6. Stir it for few minutes,Add yoghurt and mix well and add the potatoes.
7. Add salt,turmeric powder,red chilli powder(u can use kashmiri mirch also)
8. Mix up all the spices and cook it for few minutes until all the spice mixture starts releasing oil.
9. Once oil starts releasing add the the water and wait for few minutes until the potatoes become tender and soft and boiled.
10. Now add the previouly fried prawns and cook for sometime until all prawns are well cooked.
11. Add the garam masala powder,
12. Turn off the gas and serve your Pran curry with steamed rice....

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