I havent spoken more about sharmi clicks here after announcing that I am starting a P365 blog. I should admit it is hectic and on the other side all the more enjoyable than I thought. Having the camera sticking to me all the time like a baby kangaroo sometimes a burden too with the bulky camera bag hanging on one side and holding mittu on the other side…eyes wandering for framing a pic :)Today marks the 100th day…..long way more to go!
Prawn Gravy Recipe – Ingredients
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Prawns – 1 cup cleaned
Small Onion – 1/4 cup
Garlic – 6 pearls
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Tomato puree – from 2 tomatoes
Turmeric powder – a generous pinch
Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Garam Masala powder – 3/4 tsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp to garnish
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Oil – 2 tsp
Cinnamon -1/2 inch piece
Cloves – 2
Bayleaf – 1 teared roughly
Curry leaves – few
To grind to a paste:
Coconut – 1/4 cup tightly packed
Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
Method:
- Clean prawns(by removing the center nerve part), wash it then mix turmeric powder,salt and red chilli powder and set aside. Grind coconut along with fennel with little water to a fine paste, Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai – add the items under ‘to temper’ then add onions and garlic fry until it turns slightly brown.Then add ginger garlic paste, fry for a minute.Then add tomato puree along with spice powders and cook till raw smell leaves. Then add marinated prawns.
- Saute until prawns starts shrinking say 3mins. Prawn lets out water so check that and then add 1/4 water and keep closed. Cook until prawns is soft and cooked fully.Once the prawns turn soft, add required salt.
- Now add the coconut paste and allow it to boil and get cooked until oil separates and the curry becomes saucy. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
Serve hot with rice or rotis as per your choice!
My Notes
- The curry consistency is purely our preference – if you want more gravy kind switch it off accordingly.
- Clean prawns and wash it thoroughly before you cook
- This curry goes well with rotis or even rice.
Sangeetha Nambi says
April 9, 2012 at 4:58 amTempting !
Aarthi says
April 9, 2012 at 5:00 amyummy prawn curry..love it
Anonymous says
April 9, 2012 at 5:10 amLovely presentation.Thanks.
Priti says
April 9, 2012 at 5:59 amI make in little diff way and ya me too like to cook nonveg if some one cleans n give to me 🙂
Priya dharshini says
April 9, 2012 at 6:39 amluv this curry,we make it often..Rasam sadam and this curry is addictive 🙂
priya ravi says
April 9, 2012 at 6:51 amnice prawn curry.. so tempting
Shobha says
April 9, 2012 at 7:01 amYummy curry.. I love this kind of preparation with coconut.
dassana says
April 9, 2012 at 7:21 amyour all prawn curry pics reminded me the way my mom would make prawn curry. sometimes i would help her in cleaning the prawns.
Kitchen Flavours says
April 9, 2012 at 7:27 amI too make in a much similar way but never added fennel…might have given an aromatic flavour to the recipe…love to try this…looks yum….great going in p365…
Chandrani says
April 9, 2012 at 10:38 amSpicy and tempting prawn curry.
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An Open Book says
April 9, 2012 at 10:46 amim drooling…yummmm
Ramya Bala says
April 9, 2012 at 11:18 amenaku shrimps na oru weakness 😉 semaya tempted now 😉 i have two recipes in my draft 🙂 and have a pack of shrimp in the freezer( it will be finished off today) 😉
Vardhini says
April 9, 2012 at 12:49 pmNice click Sharmi. Have been following your P365 and the clicks have been amazing and well thought.
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Priyanka says
April 9, 2012 at 12:57 pmGreat recipe and stunning pics.
Suja Manoj says
April 9, 2012 at 2:42 pmYummy prawns dear..tempting
Priya says
April 9, 2012 at 3:06 pmWould love to have this prawn curry with some rice..
Cilantro says
April 9, 2012 at 4:04 pmI love the dry prawn curry versus the gravy. Looks delicious!
Sobha Shyam says
April 9, 2012 at 8:35 pmflavourful and delicious prawn curry 🙂
Sumi says
April 10, 2012 at 1:16 amLooks a lot different from what I make. A must try recipe 🙂
Mythreyi says
April 10, 2012 at 1:22 amLooks wonderful, like all the flavours that are going in…
-Mythreyi
Yum! Yum! Yum!
Tina says
April 10, 2012 at 8:13 amperfect nd delicious…
notyet100 says
April 10, 2012 at 8:26 amCurry looksyum,..it's been so lo.ng since I had prawns curry…
Spandana says
April 10, 2012 at 3:27 pmLooks very delicious!!! Sea food is our fav and this is for sure very tempting!!
San says
April 12, 2012 at 2:50 amMy favorite dish of all times is prawn curry. I do it the same way except for the tempering part with bay leaves sharmi. Nice pics.
hema says
August 28, 2012 at 5:28 amMay i use chopped tomato instead of tomato puree. Which is best? Suggest me pls. Thanks Sharmi akka.
Sharmilee! :) says
August 28, 2012 at 5:32 am@Hema : Yes yes you can very well add chopped tomatoes, saute till raw smell leaves and it shrinks…please go ahead 🙂
Anji says
October 14, 2012 at 4:29 amNice recipe.I will try it today only.thanks for this tempting recipe.
vikash says
November 29, 2012 at 5:50 pmtried it for first time……..was really awesome…everybody in family liked it.
keneth joshua says
December 26, 2012 at 6:19 pmI lik dis curry, its realy delicious……
padma n says
May 15, 2013 at 3:07 pmsharmi…………i just love all ur recipes.n guess wat i have completely impressed my hubby with all ur dishes.thank u sharmi.my hubby is my fan n i'm ur fan.
saveesna pricella says
July 20, 2013 at 4:57 amI tried this yesterday. It was OMG tasty 😀 I felt so proud of myself 😀
Shankar Ram says
October 17, 2013 at 11:01 amIts simply awesome site for all kind of food. Im trying it one by one as you showed in the pictures. it is really tooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooood. 🙂
Bindurekha.. a line of dots, a verse says
October 20, 2013 at 6:09 amWe made this last Sunday and it was a hit and again today again there is demand from the family to make it again! Thanks so much!
Eashak Ali says
June 18, 2014 at 6:51 pmi cooked tonight, masha allah very nice.
Janani Rathin says
July 27, 2014 at 8:09 pmSharmi i did prawn gravy today..itsvery nice..am doin all gravies from ur blog..all came out very well..am ur big fan…..thank u sharmi……
Jeb says
April 20, 2015 at 4:34 pmIt came out gud..thanks for sharing 🙂
Unknown says
September 29, 2015 at 2:14 amSis is it ok if never add coconut milk or any other replacement?
SHARMILEE J says
September 29, 2015 at 2:16 amI have not used coconut milk here, just used fresh coconut.If you don't have coconut then you can skip it but the gravy will be little runny
Unknown says
January 6, 2016 at 12:10 amHi i tried this recipe with the exact amount and time but I think cooking this long overcooked the prawn. Made prawn rubbery. The gravey was great though. Thank you.
Jyoti Punjabi says
March 21, 2016 at 9:03 amHi
I will definitely try this recipe this weekend.Can I replace fresh coconut with dry shredded coconut flakes..Please advise.Thanks!
Rupa says
July 25, 2017 at 9:37 amYummy prawn gravy akka. Thanks for sharing.