Fried Prawn Masala

Fried Prawn Masala

02:49 by Fathima

Prawns is definitely one of the most sort after sea food owing to its unique flavorful, juicy  and scrumptious nature. And when its blend with the perfect mix of spices, it tastes heavenly.
So here is the recipe for you to try it.

Fried Prawn Masala involves two steps: Marination and Gravy preparation.

Ingredients To Marinate Prawns:

Prawns - 1kg
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tspn each
Chilli Powder - 2 tspn
Fennel Powder - 2 tspn
Cumin Powder- 1/4 tspn

Grind the following together into powder form:

• Coriander - 2 tspn
• Clove - 1
• Cinnamon - 1 tspn

Salt - To Taste

Coconut Oil - As required for Frying

Ingredients To Prepare Gravy:

Onion - 4(Medium Sized)

Ginger - 1/2 tspn

Garlic - 1/2 tspn

Tomato - 3(Medium Sized)

Green Chilly - 1

Shallots - 5 to 6

Pepper - 1/2 tspn

Coriander Powder - 1 tbspn

Fennel Powder - 1 tspn

Chilli Powder - 1/2 tspn

Garam Masala - A pinch

Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig

Oil - 1 tbspn

Water - 1/2 cup

Method:

• Initially Marinate the washed prawns with the above given marination ingredients for around 15 minutes and leave it aside.
• Once it is coated well in the mixture, fry the prawns in coconut oil until they are almost(3/4th) cooked and remove it from pan.

• Now  crush together Ginger, Garlic, Shallots and a sprig of Curry Leaves coarsely and saute them in a pan with some coconut oil.
• Now gradually add Onion, tomato ,Curry Leaves and Salt to it and cook them closed for around 10 minutes under low heat.

• Once the onion , tomato mixture is sauted well and gets watery , transfer the fried prawns into it.

• Let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Now add the masalas( Chilli powder, Coriander Powder, Pepper, Fennel Powder and Garam Masala) along with 1/2 cup of water.

• Leave it it cook for around 5 minutes under medium to high heat and turn off.

• And there you see the mouth watering and pleasing plate of Fried Prawn Masala to be enjoyed.

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Butter Chicken Masala

Butter Chicken Masala

07:51 by Fathima

Butter Chicken is a classic Indian recipe thats loved around the world. There exists a number of versions of butter chicken recipe that are somewhat spicy or sweeter. However its one of the most delicious recipe that could be enjoyed with Indian flat breads or anything similar to it.

Ingredients:

Chicken                  -1kg
Butter                     -25gms for gravy and 75gms for frying
Onion                     -2 (Cut into cubes)
Tomato                   -4(Cut into cubes)
Capsicum                -1(Cut into cubes)
Coriander Powder  -1 tspn
Fennel Powder       -1 tspn
Red Chilly Powder -1 and 1/2 tspn
Pepper Powder       -1 tspn for marination and 1/2 tspn for gravy
Soya Sauce             -1 and 1/2 tspn
Corn Flour              -50gms
Ginger Garlic         -1 and 1/2 tspn each
Cashew paste         -100gms
Tomato Sauce        - 1/2 or 3/4th of a cup
Kasuri methi          -5-7gms
Salt                        -To taste

Method:

• The first step is to marinate the chicken with redchilli powder, pepper powder, soya sauce,corn flour and ginger garlic.Leave it aside for around 30 minutes so that the flavour is infused well onto the chicken pieces.
• The next process is to make a fine paste to prepare the gravy.For this melt some butter in a pan and saute onion, tomato and salt under high heat for 5 minutes. Then add on Coriander powder and fennel powder and saute well for 2 minutes in low flame.
• keep aside this mixture  for cooling and grind it into a fine paste.
• Now shallow fry the marinated chicken pieces in butter and remove it from pan.
• To a Sauce pan, pour the prepared gravy which is in the form of paste and the fried chicken along with capsicum, pepper powder and tomato sauce and cook for around 10 minutes.
• Finally add the Cashew paste and garnish it with kasuri methi before removing it from heat.

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