Prawn Ballaoucha

Ingredients:

• 800gm prawns

For paste:

• 50gm red chilli whole seedless
• 25gm cloves
• 20gm jeera
• 15gm mustard seeds
• 25gm ginger
• 20gm garlic
• 20gm onion chopped
• 50ml vinegar

For gravy:

• 25ml oil
• 10gm garlic finely chopped
• 100gm tomato puree
• salt to taste
• onion chopped
• 5gm coriander leaves chopped

Preparation:

Clean and wash the prawns and keep aside. Make a paste of the above mentioned ingredients 2-9 in a mixie/grinder. Marinate the prawns with this mixture and keep it for 2 hours at room temperature.

Heat a pan , add oil and garlic and also add onions and cook for 2 minutes. Add the prawns and cook further for 10 minutes.

When the prawns are 3/4 cooked, add tomato puree and salt and cook further for 5 minutes.

Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves.

Source:WomensEra