Name: Spicy Prawn Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 g Peeled Prawns; 2 cups Coconut (grated); 100 g Cashew nuts; 1 cup Tomato pieces; 1 cup Onion Pieces; 6 nos Green chillies; 3 tsp Red chilly powder; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 cup Curd; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; Tamarind (Of the size of a lemon); Jaggery (Small piece); 350 ml Refined oil; Salt (As reqd); 1 cup Coriander leaves; 1/4 cup Garlic Bulbs; 1 cup Onion pieces; 8 nos Cloves (Grambu); 8 nos Cardamom (Elakka); 2 tsp Coriander seeds; 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 2 tsp Poppy seeds (Kashakasha); 3 inch Ginger; 3 inch Cinnamon (Karugapatta); 1 tsp Nutmeg powder (Jathikka); 1 tsp Mace

Spicy Prawn Curry

Prawn curry with coconut and spices

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

500 g Peeled Prawns
2 cups Coconut grated
100 g Cashew nuts
1 cup Tomato pieces
1 cup Onion Pieces
6 nos Green chillies
3 tsp Red chilly powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 cup Curd
2 tbsp Lemon juice
Tamarind Of the size of a lemon
Jaggery Small piece
350 ml Refined oil
Salt As reqd
1 cup Coriander leaves

Ingredients For Spicy Paste:

1/4 cup Garlic Bulbs
1 cup Onion pieces
8 nos Cloves Grambu
8 nos Cardamom Elakka
2 tsp Coriander seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
2 tsp Poppy seeds Kashakasha
3 inch Ginger
3 inch Cinnamon Karugapatta
1 tsp Nutmeg powder Jathikka
1 tsp Mace

Instructions

Thoroughly wash the prawns. Add turmeric powder, curd, one spoon red chilly powder, lemon juice and one tea spoon salt. Mix well and leave to marinate.
Take all the ingredients for preparing spicy paste in a blending jar and prepare a smooth paste ( spicy paste.).
Add oil to a deep bottomed frying pan and heat. Add the cashew nuts and fry. Add the marinated prawns and fry till oil shows up. Add grated coconut and half split green chillies and fry till the raw smell is gone.
Add the onion pieces and fry till they are brown. Add tomato pieces and simmer in medium flame till the tomato pieces are smooth.
Add the remaining red chilly powder, sufficient salt and the spicy paste. Stir fry till the spicy paste is fried deep brown. Add two cups of water and mix well.
Allow to simmer in medium flame till all the ingredients are blended with each other and the prawns are cooked well.
Finely chop the coriander leaves.
Spread the finely chopped coriander leaves on the curry and serve hot.

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Spicy Prawn Curry