Prawns Curry

A South Indian Prawn Masala Curry!

Note: Cleaning prawns by deveining is a very important step as eating prawns without deveining causes severe health issues. Make sure to devein them before making any prawn recipe.

Preparation of Prawn Curry

Ingredients:

  • Prawns
  • Oil
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Jeera
  • Curry Leaves
  • Onions
  • Ginger Garlic Paste
  • Garam Masala
  • Red Chilli Powder
  • Dhaniya Powder
  • Poppy Seeds
  • Eggs (optional)
  • Coriander
Take a pan, add 2 spoons of oil, and add prawns and turmeric powder. Fry it until the prawns become golden in colour. Then, take them out and put them aside.
Now, take poppy seeds, fry them for 2 minutes over a very slow flame and put them in the grinding jar. Add dhaniya powder to the grinding jar, grind it, and put aside.
In a pan, add oil and add the following ingredients one at a time; mustard seeds, jeera, curry leaves and onions. Fry it until the onions become golden-brown in colour. Now, add ginger garlic paste and garam masala, and fry it for 1 minute.
Now, add the prawns, salt, turmeric powder, red chill powder, and the poppy seed powder, fry it for 5 minutes, and after that, add some water. Close the pan and cook it for 5 minutes. In the mean time, fry the (boiled) eggs and add them to the prawns curry. Cook the curry for some time and then, add coriander.
Now, your prawn curry is ready to serve with roti or rice!

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