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Prawn Masala Goan Style
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Prawn Masala Goan Style
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Marinating time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Prawn Masala  Goan Style is a spicy, tangy yet tasty recipe which goes very well with any kind of dishes, like roti, chappathi, idli, dosa, naan etc.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Goan, Indian
Keyword: Prawn Masala Goan Style
Servings: 5
Calories: 400 kcal
Author: Akila
Ingredients
To marinate
  • Prawns - 250 to 300 gms 30 peices
  • Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
  • Lemon juice - from half medium sized lemon
To Grind
  • Dry red chillies - 3
  • Cinnamon - little
  • Cloves - little
  • Cumin - 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
  • Tomato - 2 big chopped finely
To Make Masala
  • Oil - 4 to 5 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves - 2 strips
  • Onion - 1 big chopped finely
  • Ginger & garlic - 1 tsp each
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
  • Lemon juice - little optional
  • Coriander leaves - leaves
Instructions
  1. For this prawn masala, devein the prawns and wash them nicely and keep ready.
  2. I have taken 300 grams of prawns ( around 30 prawns).
  3. Add, turmeric, salt, chilli powder.
  4. Add lemon juice to this and mix well.
  5. Marinate for 20 to 30 minutes. This is done, so that masala gets inside the prawns and the dish tastes great.
Prepare the masala
  1. In a mixie jar, add the red chillies, cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds, and the tomatoes.
  2. Grind all these to a smooth paste. If needed, add little water.
  3. In a pan, add oil and oil is little hot, add the marinated prawns.
  4. Saute the prawns nicely.
  5. Prawns gets cooked with the water from the prawns itself.
  6. Do not cook them fully. Just cook them only for 75%. Because, when we add to masala, it needs to be cooked again.
  7. To check if prawns are cooked correctly, the prawns gets curled up.
  8. Now remove the prawns and keep it separately.
  9. In the same pan, add coconut oil.
  10. When it is hot, add the cumin seeds again, curry leaves, and fry them slightly for 1 minute.
  11. Add the finely chopped onions now and saute them nicely.
  12. Onions needs to be sauted nicely. Add the ginger and garlic paste.
  13. Again fry them until the raw smell of gg paste goes off.
  14. Add the tomato paste now and cook them for around 10 minutes. You can cover and cook it.
  15. Once the paste becomes thick, include the 75% cooked prawns now.
  16. If masala is more thick, add little amount of water and cook the prawns for around 5 min.
  17. Adjust the salt now.
  18. Add the sugar and mix well.
  19. Keep the flame to low, as the prawns are already cooked well, else, they becomes rubbery.
  20. If you need, you can add the lemon juice or vinegar.