Prawn Masala Fry

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

• 500 g Prawns cleaned and — drained
• Ginger — chopped
• 1 Pod Garlic — sliced
• 3 nos Green chillies slit lengthwise
• Curry leaves, a few
• Kokum, as needed
• Coconut oil, to taste
• 1/4 cup Shallots — crushed (Kunjulli)
• 2 tbsp Garlic — crushed
• Curry leaves, to taste

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Soak the kokum in salt water for a few minutes.

2. Step 2

   Get the ingredients to be ground: chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and pepper powder in a pan and dry fry.

3. Step 3

   When the fried smell comes, remove from fire. Add shallots and garlic flakes and grind to a fine paste.

4. Step 4

   Get a wide bottomed vessel and arrange the prawns in the bottom part. Add kokum water to ground masala and pour over the prawns.

5. Step 5

   Stir in kokum pieces, chopped ginger, garlic, slit green chillies, curry leaves and required salt. Add little water also and boil the mixture. While preparing the curry recipe, be careful not to add too much water since water comes out of the prawns.

6. Step 6

   Cook in low heat. When the water has almost evaporated and the prawns are done, remove from fire.

7. Step 7

   Heat required coconut oil in a pan and fry the crushed shallots, garlic and curry leaves. Remove from fire and set aside.

8. Step 8

   Into the same oil, stir in cooked prawn masala pieces and fry in hot oil. Be careful not to fry too much.

9. Step 9

   Put the fried prawns in a serving dish and garnish with fried shallots, garlic and curry leaves.

10. Step 10

    Prawn masala fry is ready and serve hot.