Last Updated on September 9, 2020
Prawn is hubby's favorite. Since many of my viewers have told me that i dont have much prawn recipes in my blog. I have started cooking with them and posting here.This is a simple prawn curry with no coconut.
This one is a chetinad style curry and goes extremely well with rice. idli or dosa..
Hope you will try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:Prawns - 500 grams cleanedFor Roasting & Grinding:
Coriander Seeds / Malli - 1 tblspn
Dry Red Chilli - 2 to 4
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf- 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Ajwain / Omam / Carom Seeds - ½ tsp
Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 2 cm piece
Black Pepper - 1 tsp
Cloves / Krambu - 4
Cardamom / Yalakai - 4
Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - ¼ tsp
Mace - 1
Poppy Seeds/ Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 1 tblspn
For Curry:
Oil - ¼ cup
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing - ¼ tsp
Curry leaves a handful
Shallots / Sambar Onion - 20 chopped finely
Tomatoes - 2 large chopped finely
Green Chilli - 2
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Tamarind Pulp - 1 tblspn or to taste
Water as needed
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:Prawns - 500 grams cleanedFor Roasting & Grinding:
Coriander Seeds / Malli - 1 tblspn
Dry Red Chilli - 2 to 4
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf- 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Ajwain / Omam / Carom Seeds - ½ tsp
Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 2 cm piece
Black Pepper - 1 tsp
Cloves / Krambu - 4
Cardamom / Yalakai - 4
Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - ¼ tsp
Mace - 1
Poppy Seeds/ Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 1 tblspn
For Curry:
Oil - ¼ cup
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing - ¼ tsp
Curry leaves a handful
Shallots / Sambar Onion - 20 chopped finely
Tomatoes - 2 large chopped finely
Green Chilli - 2
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Tamarind Pulp - 1 tblspn or to taste
Water as needed
Method:
Clean prawns, wash them well and set aside.Take all roasting spices in a heavy bottom pan and toast them till golden. Cool them down and take them in a blender. Powder them and set aside.Now in the same pan, add oil and heat it up. Add in mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves.
Add in shallots and saute till golden. Add in tomatoes and green chillies. Cook that down till it gets mushy.
Add in spice powders and the ground masala. Mix well. Add salt and tamarind pulp to taste.
Add enough water to make a gravy. Simmer this till oil separates
Now add in prawns and mix well. Simmer for 10 mins or so.
Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Clean prawns and set aside |
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| take your roasting spices |
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| take them in a dry pan |
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| toast them well |
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| take them in a blender and powder them |
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| set aside |
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| heat oil and crackl mustard |
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| add asafoetida |
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| add curry leaves |
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| add chopped shallots |
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| cook till golden |
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| add tomatoes |
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| green chillies |
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| cook that down |
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| add spice powders |
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| mix that through |
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| add the ground masala |
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| along with tamarind water |
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| cook for few min |
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| add salt |
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| mix that through |
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| add water |
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| bring it to a boil |
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| simmer till oil separates |
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| add prawns |
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| simmer for a while |
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| simmer for a while |
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| Serve |
Torviewtoronto
prawn dish looks delicious wonderful side dish
Ramya
Hi Aarthi, your chettinad eral came out very well yesterday for Sunday lunch. Thank you for ur recipe. I just surf usually all food blogs but won’t try lot. But yesterday I tried it for prawn. My husband liked it much. Continue ur Super blogging.
malar
hi aarthi,i tried this dish today it came out very well .thank you☺️
Bhavani
Hi Aarthi tried the prawn recipe and it came out very well even though i didnt have few ingredient ... Thank you... Keep rocking
SHALINI
The eral curry looks absolutely delicious!
Gayathri suresh
Superb sis by Gayathri suresh
Debbie
This is one of the best curries I've ever had, tasty and hot, thank you for my new favourite recipe.
lakshmi
i tried your recipe yesterday and it came out very spicy and i loved the taste. this is my first time on prawn as im not into much of sea food . your recipe helped me to overcome my hesitance on sea food. thanks alot. i will try other recipes as well. keep up your wonderful journey.....