Prawn Rechado

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                 This is Audrey's again. Tastes great!!!

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 tam

arind juice to taste.