Prawns Pepper Fry

Spicy prawns fry with thick gravy. Prawns cooked with onions, ginger and garlic punch up the flavor, while pepper corns, cumin and garlic crushed together brings the spice and aroma. Squeeze some lemon over and serve hot with white rice and onions.

Ingredients:

Prawns  -  1 Pound
Onion  –   1 Large
Green Chillies  -  4
Peppercorns  – 2 Tbl sp
Cumin Seeds  – 2 Tbl sp
Oil  – 6 Tbl sp
Salt – Upto taste
Red Chili Pwd  -  2 Tbl sp
Turmeric Pwd  -  Pinch
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 Tbl sp
Garlic Cloves  -  3
Lemon  -  1
Cashew Nuts  -  20 pieces
Coriander  – 1/2 Bunch

Cooking Procedure:

1. Add a pinch of salt, turmeric powder to the cleaned prawns and keep them aside.

2. Heat 1 tbl spoon of oil in a pan, and add chopped onions and let them cook for 5 minutes. Add the prawns and some salt to the onions and let them cook for 20 minutes on a high flame, keeping the lid open, so that all the water will evaporate.

3. Crush the peppers, cumin seeds and garlic cloves together. Now take another wide bottom pan and add the remaining oil. Add ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, crushed peppers paste and let them fry for a minute. Now add the cooked peppers, and let them fry for 10 minutes. Add chopped coriander, turf off the heat and squeeze a lemon.

4. Fry the cashew nuts in some ghee/butter and add them to the curry. Cashews and prawns makes a very nice combination.

Tastes good with onion and lemon. Serve hot with white rice or roti.