Prawn masala curry /How to make simple and easy prawn gravy/ Eral thokku
Ingredients
- Prawns/eral (medium) - 250 gms
- Small onions - 1/2 cup
- Some curry leaves
- Ginger garlic paste - 2-3 tbsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Coriander powder - 11/2 tbsp
- Chilli powder - 2 tbsp
- Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
- Needed salt
- Oil - 1/4 cup
- Pepper powder - 2 tbsp
- Some chopped coriander
- mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Clean and wash prawn keep ready.2.In a pan add oil and mustard to splutter with finely minced curry leaves and onion.3.Leave it to become golden.4.Add ginger garlic paste and sauté well to cook.5.When rawness goes off add turmeric, coriander and chilli powder with garam masala powder.6.Saute well so that rawness of the spices goes away.7.Put in the prawns add needed salt for the gravy stir in for few seconds.8.Add water so that the prawns get immersed and let it boil and cook.9.At one stage oil oozes and the consistency becomes semi gravy .10.Now add pepper powder switch off the flame and stir in well.11.Add some chopped coriander and serve.
Notes
- For medium sized prawns 3-4 minutes is enough and for larger ones it takes about 7-8 minutes.
- You can skip adding curry leaves with onions.
- I have used small onions for flavour and taste you can use regular big onions.
- Clean prawn before cooking the prawns that very important.