The Backstory:
So my college friend Anulekha had posted a picture on Instagram of this delicious looking dish that I misread as ‘Prawn VADA’ and I got excited and asked her for the recipe, thinking it was dish of prawn with, err, vada! But I’m so glad I had that mixup because she shared this amazing recipe with me, which literally takes just 10 minutes. 10 MINUTES THAT”S ALL AND IT’S SHOCKINGLY GOOD
You need:
- 200 gms prawns (about 10-15)
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 1 tbsp mustard oil
- 2 tbsp mustard sauce
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 green chillies (optional)
- ½ cup water
To make:
- Chop your onion & tomato into tiny pieces
- Heat a pan with mustard oil and then prawns, onions, tomatoes, mustard sauce, chilli powder, turmeric powder & green chillies. Yes, just put all the ingredients together at the same time
- Add ½ cup water, set on medium flame and cover for 10 minutes
- After 10 minutes, check to see that it isn’t too watery. If it is, take the prawns out and boil until it reduces to a thick consistency (see pics below)
- Serve with rice/quinoa/dhalia and enjoy!
Tips:
- My only tip would be to make sure that the curry is boiled down until it’s a thick paste so that you get that INTENSELY amazing flavour
- Make sure you take the prawns out BEFORE you boil further, otherwise you will overcook your prawns
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