How to Cook Delicious Bengali Style Prawn Curry

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Bengali Style Prawn Curry.

Bengali Style Prawn Curry You can have Bengali Style Prawn Curry using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bengali Style Prawn Curry

  1. It's 6 of tiger prawns.
  2. It's 3 of potatoes cut into two halves.
  3. You need 1 of medium sized onion chopped.
  4. It's 1 of medium sized onion paste.
  5. It's 1 of medium sized tomato puree.
  6. You need 2 of cloves.
  7. You need 2 of green cardamom.
  8. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon stick.
  9. You need 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala powder.
  10. You need 1.5 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
  11. You need 2 teaspoon of red chilli powder.
  12. It's 1 teaspoon of ginger paste.
  13. It's 1 teaspoon of garlic paste.
  14. Prepare 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.
  15. You need of Salt as required.
  16. Prepare of Sugar as required.
  17. Prepare 1/2 cup of coriander leaves chopped.
  18. It's of Mustard oil as required.
  19. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ghee.

Bengali Style Prawn Curry step by step

  1. Heat some oil in a wok, and add the potatoes, half teaspoon of turmeric and salt. Deep fry the potatoes till golden brown. Keep it aside..
  2. Add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt with the prawns and fry them in the same wok. Don't overcook it else the prawns will become hard and chewy. Keep them aside..
  3. Add some more oil in the wok if required. Add the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick. Saute till the aroma comes out..
  4. Add the chopped onions and fry them till light brown in colour. Add the tomato puree, rest of the turmeric powder onion paste, ginger paste, garlic paste, cumin powder, red chilli powder and a pinch ofsalt. Saute it very well till the oil separates..
  5. Add the fried prawn and potatoes and mix it well altogether..
  6. Add some water for the gravy and bring it to boil. Add some salt for the gravy. Cover it with a lid..
  7. Simmer the flame to medium and keep it covered for 15minutes. Check whether the potatoes and prawn has become soft. If yes, add some sugar to balance the salt..
  8. Add the garam masala powder and ghee..
  9. Mix them well and also add the coriander leaves..
  10. Remove it from the flame and serve hot..