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.

Popular Non - Veg Food Prawn Potato Curry

Indian Food 

Prawn potato curry also known as Prawn malai curry, 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 potato along with mustard oil, onions, turmeric powder, chopped green chili, garlic paste, and ginger paste flavoured with spices.

Prawn potato curry

Ingredients:

• Chingudi - ( Prawns ) - 300gm medium size
• Patato - 2 No
• Onion - 2 medium size 
• Ginger Garlic paste - 2  tsp
• Tomatoes - 1 No
• Haladi Gunda -( Turmeric powder ) -  1 tsp
• Dhaniya Gunda - ( Coriander powder) - 1 tsp
• Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
• Cocking Oil - 2 tsp
• Salt  - as per  taste
• Dhaniya Patra - Coriander leaves 
• Green Peas - 100 gm

Preparation:

• First clean and wash the prawns Properly.
• Mix it with salt and turmeric powder and keep aside for 10 to 15 min.
• Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and fry that prawns for 9 -10 mins.
• Peal the skin ,cut the potato into small cube size then  boil it. 
• Peal and separate the pea seeds .
• Then heat 1 tsp of oil in the same pan and fry that potato pieces till it change into  brown color.
• Peal and cut the onion into spring size.
• Peal the ginger and garlic and make a pest .
• Then again heat oil in a pan and add onion pieces  and fry it for 4-5 mins.
• Then add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, chill powder,Garam Masala powder and fry for 4-5 min.
• Then cut  tomato into small pieces . 
• And add salt as per test into it and fry it some time.
• Then add fried prawn, potato Pisces, green peas  and fry it for 4 - 5  min then add some water.
• Cover and cook it  for 10-12 mins.
• Then remove it and garnish it with coriander leaves.Spring onion  and serve hot.

Prawn Potato Curry