Name: Prawn-Jhinga With Drumstick Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 250 g Prawn/Shrimp (cleaned, washed and drained); 1 no Drumstick (cut into 3 inch pieces, Muringakka); 1 no Tomato (chopped); 2 nos Onion (finely chopped); Ginger (garlic paste – 1/4 tsp); Tamarind (extract pulp by soaking in water); 3/4 tsp Chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; Curry leaves (Few); 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1 cup Coconut (grated); 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds; Oil (As reqd); Salt (As reqd)

Prawn-Jhinga With Drumstick Curry

Prawn/jhinga with drumstick curry is prepared by cooking prawns with drumstick, onion, tomatoes, tamarind and other ingredients

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

250 g Prawn/Shrimp cleaned, washed and drained
1 no Drumstick cut into 3 inch pieces, Muringakka
1 no Tomato chopped
2 nos Onion finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 1/4 tsp
Tamarind extract pulp by soaking in water
3/4 tsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
Curry leaves Few
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 cup Coconut grated
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
Oil As reqd
Salt As reqd

Instructions

First Make a paste of cumin seeds, mustard seeds and cocnut.
Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves and chopped onions.
Saute till onion become golden brown and add ginger-garlic paste.
Stir in chopped tomatoes and fry well till tomatoes are fully mashed.
Add chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric and required salt. Stir in low flame for a few seconds.
Add drumstick pieces and cover the pan with a lid. Cook in low flame for 5 minutes.
Add coconut paste and stir in prawns. Stir well and add tamarind water. Then pour 1/2 cup water and heat the pan. 8)When boiling starts, lower the flame and cover with a lid. Cook in low flame for 10-15 minutes until prawns are done.
Prawn/jhinga with drumstick curry, apt with rice/roti, is ready.
Note: Make sure that the curry is not too tangy by adding an excess of tamarind pulp.

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Prawn-Jhinga With Drumstick Curry