Ingredients:

• Prawn – 1/2 kg
• Red Chilli – 3
• Big Onion – 1 small size
• Curry leaves – 2 leaves
• Ginger – Garlic paste – 1/2 tbsp
• Tomato – 1 small size or 1/2 of a medium sized tomato
• Turmeric Powder – 2 pinches
• Chilli Powder – 1 1/2 tsp
• Water – 1 1/2 cup
• Oil – 3 tbsp
• Salt – 1/2 tsp

 

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add red chilli and fry for few seconds.
3. Add onion, curry leaves and fry till the onion turns golden brown.
4. Add Ginger-Garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes and the colour of the paste turns light brown in colour.
5. Add tomato and fry till it is cooked.
6. Add Turmeric Powder, Chilli powder and fry for 1-2 minutes.
7. Add the prawn and fry for 2 minutes.
8. Add water, salt and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.
9. Close the pan, lower the flame and allow the prawn to get cooked.
10. Stir it after 3-4 minutes.
11. Check if the prawn is cooked by cutting it using a spoon. Prawn will take less time to get cooked.
12. If it is cooked, fry till the gravy thickens.

Variations:

If you don’t want the dish to be spicy reduce the Chilli Powder amount to 1 tsp or 1  1/4 tsp.