Ingredients

• 25 red Kashmiri chillies.

• 25 flakes garlic cut fine.

• 2 table spoons coriander seeds,

• 1 teaspoon haldi powder

• 1 tablespoon geera seeds

• 15 peppercorns.

• 9 cloves 

• 3 1 inch size cinnamon pieces.

• small marble size piece of tamarind (optional)

Method

Masala: Grind together chillies, coriander and geera and pepper. Add garlic and grind in 1/2 a cup of vinegar to a thick wet paste. ( Add vinegar sparingly, a little at a time). If you are planning to stock this add a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of salt.

Clean deveined prawns & keep aside.

Cut 4 Large Onions fine.

 In 1 teacup oil, fry in oil in dekchi, until  properly pinkish transparent and oil has onion aroma.

Add 1 or 2 slit green chillies...again optional.

To onions add prawns & fry.

Keep stirring till prawns are pink.

Then add enough masala to soak prawns & fry for 10 to 15 minutes.

 Then cover and take off  fire.

Add vinegar , salt or tamarind juice to taste.