PRAWN MARSALA

By vegar

Ingredients

• Marinade:
• Prawns
• 1/2 cup fresh coriander
• 2 green chilles
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• sunflower oil
• tablespoon ginger/garlic paste
• 1/2 tspn garam marsala
• 1/2 tspn turmeric
• For the paste
• 2 onions
• 2 red chillies
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1.5 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp caraway seed
• 1 tsp cumin seed
• 1 tsp fennel seed
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 - 3 cloves
• 7 - 8 pepper corns
• 1 star anise
• 6 cardamom pods
• 2 tspns garam masala
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tspn chillie powder
• 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
• 2 large tomatoes

Preparation

Step 1

marinade prawns with marinade mix and refrigerate.

Boil onions for 5 - 7 minutes. Peel skin off and chop finely.

Heat the cooking oil in a heavy bottomed pan, on medium heat. Add the chopped onion. Saute till onion begin to turn a golden colour. Now add the garlic and ginger pastes and spices and sauté for one minute.
Now add chopped tomatoes and simmer until oil begins to separate. this can take up to ten minutes.
Put the masala into a blender and grind into a smooth paste.
Turn on heat again and put masala back into pan. Add prawns and marinade and cook.

You can add extra water if you want mixture thicker.