Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Shrimp / Prawn Curry

Ingredients:
Shrimp/ prawn - 1lb ( cleaned and deveined )
Sombu /fennel seeds - ½ tsp
poppy seeds - 1 tsp
Bay leaf - 2 nos
Big Onion - 1( chopped )
Tomato -1 ( chopped )

Green chilli - 1
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Coconut : 2 tbsp
Curry leaves. – few
Coriander leaves for garnishing.
Salt to tatse.
Method:

  • Heat the oil in kadai. Add sombu,Bay leaf and curry leaves.
  • Add chopped onion,and Green chilli and fry well for 5 minutes. Then add ginger garlic paste, fry for 2 minutes.
  • Then add the tomatoes & fry it till the tomatoes are soft.
  • Add corriander powder, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well.
  • Add cleaned shrimp and little water and mix well.
  • Cook for 15 minutes on low flame. Shrimp will be cooked soon.so cook in low flame.
  • Grind coconut and poppy seeds into fine paste and add to curry.
  • After 5 mins when its done garnish with Coriander leaves.
Serve with Idli ,Dosa and Rice.

1 comment:

Hema said...

I tried ur recipe.My kids were very much excited.Thanks for the recipe