Indian Prawn Masala Recipe

Indian Food

Prawn masala is a Bengali curry made from prawns  and flavored with spices.The dish is popular in Odisha, West Bengal  and is served during weddings and celebrations, or for guests, and was also very popular among the British in Calcutta.The main ingredients are prawns and along with cocking oil, onions, turmeric powder, chopped green chili, garlic paste, and ginger paste flavored with spices.

Prawn Masala

Ingredients:

• Chingudi - (Prawn) - 500 gm
• Piaja - (Onion) - 4 big size
• Bilati -(Tomato )- 2 small size
• Ada - (Ginger )- 1 inch
• Rasuna -(Garlic)- 3,4 cloves
• Tela -( Cocking Oil)- 5 tsp
• Lanka Gunda - (Chilli powder )-2tsp
• Haladi Gunda -(Turmeric Powder) - 1tsp
• Dhaniya Gunda - (Coriander powder )- 1tbs
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tbs
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 5,6 leaves
• Salt - As per taste
• Dhaniya Patra - Coriander Leaves
• Jeera Gunda - (Cumin Powder ) - 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

• Clean the prawns remove the shell.
• Peal the ginger, garlic and make a pest.
• Take a bowl and put marinate with salt, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 2 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice .
• Marinate the prawn with it for 30 minutes.
• Cut the onion and tomato into small Pisces.
• Heat oil in a pan and add cut onion and fry it. 
• Then add curry leaves, ginger-garlic paste and fry til it golden brown color.
• Put all the masalas and tomato with it and fry it 10, 15 minutes.
• When the masala begins to look ready add the marinated prawn.
• Fry it 10,15 minutes again.
• Then add 1 cup of water and fry it some times.
• Then remove and garnish with cut coriander leaves.
• Serve it hot with plain rice.