Spicy Prawn Curry recipe
The traditional Bengali, Goan and the Kerala prawn curry recipes involve use of coconut with ginger and/or garlic. This prawn curry recipe is a variation without these ingredients yet very delicious and flavorful. It goes very well with plain rice, jeera rice and ghee rice.
Prawn Curry Recipe Ingredients:
- Prawns (Shrimp) – 1 lb or 1/2 kg (cleaned and deveined)
- Onion (Medium sized) – 2 nos
- Coriander leaves – 3 tbsp (finely chopped)
- Curry leaves – 20 nos
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Home made Sambar powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
- Dhania or Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
- Pepper powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Oil – 3 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Water – 1 cup
Prawn Curry Recipe Cooking Method:
- Heat oil in a kadai or pan. Add mustard seeds.
- When it starts to crackle, add onion and curry leaves.
- Fry the onion till it is translucent then put the prawns or shrimp and let it cook for 10 minutes on low heat.
- Then add coriander leaves and stir the mixture for 2 minutes.
- Meanwhile take a separate bowl with 1 cup water. Add sambar powder, dhania or coriander powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
- Then pour this water and spice mixture in to the pan containing the prawns and add salt.
- Cook the shrimp for a few minutes until you get the gravy consistency and you are done.
Serve hot with Jeera rice, Ghee rice or plain rice.
I like prawn very much.. This seems very delicious dish. Thanks for the recipe. I will tell my wife to make this dish for me.
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bharathi i tried your prawn curry recipe it was delicious. my husband liked it a lot.So keep posting delicious recipe so we can enjoy it.
In fact we cook prawn with coconut milk.But when i came across your website i saw your prawn curry .it was different so i tried ur recipe it was tasty and spicy .
ill try this one....mouthwatering..........
Looks great! That spicy prawn curry recipe is delicious and I'm very excited to try it. In Bangladesh for the first time I tasted this recipe. Thanks
what is sambar or what can you use in place of it???
please assist
I have eaten prawn karhai before but not this kind of curry. I will definitely try this recipe. Have you tried Pakistani Cooking Recipes. I love all Pakistani Recipes and indian recipes and mostly the appetizers by zarnak sidhwa recipes