This hot and sweet curry is traditionally served with yellow rice and a dal. Its origins are among the Irani community living in Bombay, and the recipe can be found in Camellia Panjabi’s ” 50 Great Curries of India”.
Ingredients
- 225 g shelled raw prawns washed and deveined
- 1 1/2 tsps tamarind pulp
- 5 green chillies chopped
- 3 plump garlic cloves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil
- 2 large onions peeled and finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 3/4 tsp ground coriander
- 3/4 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 medium tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 tsp jaggery
- 10 fresh curry leaves
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves
- sea salt
Servings:
Instructions
- Soak the tamarind in half a cup of water for about 30 minutes. Grind the 5 green chillies, 2 garlic cloves and cumin seeds to a paste. Chop the remaining clove of garlic.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan or saucepan and fry the onions until deep pink. Add the chopped garlic and the green chilli paste and fry for 3 minutes, stirring often.
- Add the cumin, coriander, red chilli , garam masala and turmeric powders and stir constantly for a minute. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry for 4-5 minutes, stirring from time to time.
- Add half the tamarind water, the jaggery, curry and coriander leaves and about 1 tsp salt. Taste and adjust the sour, sweet and salt flavours to your taste.
- Add 3/4 cup of water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes , then add the prawns and continue to cook for until the prawns are just cooked- this wont take long, 3-4 minutes. SErve immediately with rice and dal.
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