Prawn Curry(chingudi)

It’s a very traditional recipe in Orissa and west Bengal.

Ingredients:

• Prawn - 500 gm
• Potato - 2 
• Fried Onion Paste - 1/2 cup
• Ginger and garlic paste- 2 tsp
• Mustard Oil - 1/2 cup
• Bay leave -1 
• Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
• Chili powder - 1tsp
• Coriander powder - 1tsp
• Cumin Powder - 1tsp
• Coriander leaves- 3 tsp
• Water - 3 cup
• Salt- for taste
• Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
• Tomato - 2 medium size

Method:

• Clean the prawns with head part and wash those.
• Marinate with salt and turmeric powder. Fry those prawns. Place those in a plate.
• Cut the potato in vertical sized and fry those till become light brown color.
• Place those in a prawn's plate.
• Add more Mustard oil in kadai, and bay leaves. add onion paste, sauté for 5 mins till the odor will go.
• Add ginger and garlic paste, sauté it for while and all the spices. Sauté it for 1/2 hours by adding little bit water.
• Add sliced tomato and salt for taste
• Saute it till that become soft and mash it properly and make a nice gravy.
• Add fried potato and prawns. Sauté for 10 mins.So that the masala will go inside the prawns.
• Add Water , cook it for 15 minutes. when you feel the curry is ready , then add chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve with steam rice.