Prawn curry

So finally I am back to blogging after a small gap. The last 2 weeks have been a really busy week for me. One I have been busy with my son' s2nd bday celeration & other is I will be starting work after 2 years of gap. So now its "Corporate2kitchen- kitchen2corporate"

Now coming back to todays post. This is an old dish that I made a week ago. As mentioned in my earlier posts, You already know that I am a great fan of Shrimps. Found these in the market after a long time as these are not very frequent visitors. The moment I spot them & I buy them immediately. These gets sold really fast. Shrimps have a natural sweetness & they taste good anyway you cook them. Just the salt & pepper is enough to season & this will still taste delicious. This curry is a very easy recipe & I have used the basic spices in this. Just the chili powder & turmeric powder. Just these 2 spices are enough to season this & make it delicious. BTW there are many other seafood which has natural rich flavour so overkilling them with lot of masalas/spices will spoil its natural taste.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg cleaned shrimps
• 1 onions chopped small
• 1 big tomato chopped
• 1 Tbsp minced ginger
• 1 tbsp Garlic
• 1 Tbsp Red Kashmir chili powder
• 1/4 tspn Turmeric powder
• Less than 1/4 tspn tamarind paste
• salt as per taste
• 1/4 Tspn sugar
• 3 Tbsp of thick coconut cream or milk
• 1/2 cup of hot water
• Coriander leaves to garnish
• 1 Tbsp oil

Method:

1. In a pan add oil fry ginger, garlic, onions until translucent for about 3 to 4 mins
2. Now add in the tomatoes, chili powder, turmeric powder, salt & fry until fat separation. The tomatoes need to become totally soft.
3. Now add in the tamarind paste, shrimps & cook this for about 2 to 3 mins.
4. Combine the coconut cream, sugar, hot water & bring this to a boil for about 2 mins.
5. Turn off the flame & garnish it with coriander leaves.

 

A small tip when cooking seafood:

 when making certain seafood dishes make sure you dont kill the natural goodness with overpowering spices. Keep it simple & it will taste good.