Bengali Style Prawn Curry

Name: Bengali Style Prawn Curry
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6 tiger prawns; 3 potatoes cut into two halves; 1 medium sized onion chopped; 1 medium sized onion paste; 1 medium sized tomato puree; 2 cloves; 2 green cardamom; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder; 1.5 teaspoon turmeric powder; 2 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1 teaspoon ginger paste; 1 teaspoon garlic paste; 1 teaspoon cumin powder; Salt as required; Sugar as required; 1/2 cup coriander leaves chopped; Mustard oil as required; 1 teaspoon ghee

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

This is popularly known as, " Chingri mach er kaliya", among the Bengalis. It is a spicy and rich preparation where you well get the exotic flavour of garam masala and ghee. Enjoy this dish with steamed rice. You may try it with any types of prawns. One can also add cauliflower in this preparation, but I have skipped it.

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

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Ingredients

30min

6tiger prawns
3potatoes cut into two halves
1medium sized onion chopped
1medium sized onion paste
1medium sized tomato puree
2cloves
2green cardamom
1 inchcinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoongaram masala powder
1.5 teaspoonturmeric powder
2 teaspoonred chilli powder
1 teaspoonginger paste
1 teaspoongarlic paste
1 teaspooncumin powder
Salt as required
Sugar as required
1/2 cupcoriander leaves chopped
Mustard oil as required
1 teaspoonghee

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Steps

30min

1

Heat some oil in a wok, and add the potatoes, half teaspoon of turmeric and salt. Deep fry the potatoes till golden brown. Keep it aside.
2

Add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt with the prawns and fry them in the same wok. Don't overcook it else the prawns will become hard and chewy. Keep them aside.
3

Add some more oil in the wok if required. Add the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick. Saute till the aroma comes out.
4

Add the chopped onions and fry them till light brown in colour. Add the tomato puree, rest of the turmeric powder onion paste, ginger paste, garlic paste, cumin powder, red chilli powder and a pinch ofsalt. Saute it very well till the oil separates.
5

Add the fried prawn and potatoes and mix it well altogether.
6

Add some water for the gravy and bring it to boil. Add some salt for the gravy. Cover it with a lid.
7

Simmer the flame to medium and keep it covered for 15minutes. Check whether the potatoes and prawn has become soft. If yes, add some sugar to balance the salt.
8

Add the garam masala powder and ghee.
9

Mix them well and also add the coriander leaves.
10

Remove it from the flame and serve hot.