Prawns Masala

Ingredients:

1. Prawns - 1 cup medium sized
2. Onions - 2 large (1 sliced and 1 chopped)
3. Tomatoes - 2 medium
4. Potato - 2 medium cut into small pieces
5. Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
6. Cloves - 5-6
7. Peppercorn - 6-7
8. Cinnamon - 1 small stick
9. Green cardamon - 1
10. Star annise - 2-3 petals
11. Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
12. Red chillies - 5-6
13. Garlic - 7-8 cloves
14. Coconut - 1 cup/ half coconut scrapped
15. Haldi - 1 tsp
16. Tamarind - 1 small ball/ 1 tbsp paste
17. Oil - 3 tbsp
18. Water - as required
19. Salt - as per taste
20. Coriander leaves - as per garnish

Method:

• Clean, wash and devein prawns and keep aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.
• Roast coriander seeds, cloves, peppercorn, cinnamon, green cardamon, star annise, red chillies till you get nice aroma. Remove and keep aside.
• In the same pan add little more oil and fry 1 sliced onion, garlic and scrapped coconut and poppy seeds till brown in colour. 
• Grind this onion coconut mixture along with roasted spices with little tamarind and haldi pd to a thick paste. 
• In the same pan add remaining oil, fry 1 finely chopped onion, add chopped tomatoes, potato and add little water and cook till half done.
• Add prawns and cook for 5 mins.
• Add ground masala, salt and little water as per the consistency required. Cook for around 10 mins or till prawns are fully cooked.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with Roti/Rice/Dosa/Pav.