Prawns Ghee Roast
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2-3
 
Ingredients
  • 250 grams prawns (cleaned and deveined)
  • 3 byadagi chilies for red color
  • 4 guntur chilies for hotness
  • ¼th cup curd
  • 10-12 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • ¼th tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp red chili powder
  • ¼th tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 4-5 cloves
  • ½ tsp black peppercorn
  • ¼th tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 inch diameter tamarind ball
  • 1 tbsp jaggery powder
  • Ghee(clarified butter)
  • Salt
Instructions
  1. Soak red chilies in warm water.Soak tamarind ball in 4 tbsp warm water.
  2. Let's marinate prawns.Put curd in a large bowl.Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, lime juice.Add pinch of salt.Mix all the ingredients of marinade.
  3. Add prawns and coat them evenly with the marinade.Let the marination rest for 15-20 minutes.
  4. Preparing masala for ghee roast.Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan.Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds,fenugreek seeds.Add black peppercorns, cloves and coriander seeds.Roast these spices for a minute.
  5. After a minute, turn off the flame and let spices cool down completely.
  6. Empty the contents of pan in a grinder jar.Add garlic, soaked red chilies and tamarind pulp.Grind them into a fine paste.
  7. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan.Add prawns to the pan.We will cook prawns for 2 minutes.
  8. After 2 minutes, remove prawns from the pan.
  9. Add the grounded masala paste to the pan.Cook the masala.
  10. After 3 minutes of cooking on low flame, add jaggery powder.Add prawns, salt to taste.Cook prawns for 4-5 minutes.
  11. Post 5 minutes of cooking, add 1 tbsp ghee. Stir in the ghee and turn off the heat.Prawns ghee roast is ready to be served.
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/prawns-ghee-roast/