Praws in Green Coriander Gravy

For those who love prawns, here is a lovely recipe. Prawns in green coriander gravy.  Takes only a few minutes to cook yet so delicious. The green color of coriander gives the green to the gravy and makes the dish look so colorful and the aroma of coriander leaves and spices definitely makes one go hungry immediately. 

Ingredients :

250 gms. Prawns shelled.
200 gms Coriander leaves
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 tsp Fish masala
1 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Red chili powder
2 Bay leaves torn
1 tbs Ginger garlic paste
1 big Onion diced.
2 tbs Oil.
Salt to taste.

Method :

Wash the prawns and keep aside. Grind the green coriander leaves to a paste along with a half a cup of water and keep aside. In a pan heat 2 tbs of oil and add the torn bay leaves. Once it leaves it's aroma in the oil, take them out and discard. Add the mustard seeds and once it begins to sputter, put in the ginger garlic pastes and stir so as the sputtering seeds gets mixed up with the paste and does not escape out of the pan. The diced onions goes in next. Keep stirring for about a minute. Then add the fish masala, turmeric, red chili powder and the salt. Keep stirring until a nice aroma of the cooked masala comes. Now add the coriander leaves paste and mix  well with the masala. Add 1 cup of water to it. Raise the heat and cook covered. Bring it to boil and on medium heat cook for about 4 minutes until the gravy gets cooked. Finally the prawns go in the gravy. Stir and then keep cooking for another 4 minutes or more until you get the right consistency of the gravy. Your delicious and lovely prawn curry is ready to be savored with rice or bread or roti. I prefer to enjoy it with plain rice. How about you?  Don't forget to leave a comment here after you try this recipe.

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