Curried prawns

500 grams of whole raw green prawns

4 cloves of garlic

1 inch. Stick of root ginger peeled and freshly crushed with garlic

lime and lemon juice.. can use bottled

I red chillie optional

1 large br onion sliced

2 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds

3 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds

4 1 stick on cinnamon

5 few cloves

6 1 tablespoon of masala

1 tablespoon of curry powder

2 teaspoon of tumeric

440gm tin of diced tomatoes

1 tablespoon of tomatoe paste

1\2 cup of water

salt to taste

chopped coriander

2 tablespoon of olive oil

Wash the prawns, drain and sprinkle with lemon and lime juice. Let stand for a while.

Heat the olive oil in a large flat saucepan or a large frypan

Add sliced onion, then thecumin, fennel,seeds, cinnamon stick and cloves. Add the crushed garlic and ginger and chillie.add themasala curry powder and tumeric and stir fry all together for a while.Add the prawns and coat it with the spices. Stir fry for a min. and then add the diced tomatoes cook for 2 min.

Add the water and salt, turn down the temp, cover and cook for 10 minutes or so or till the prawns are cooked. No more thann 15 minutes though.

Add tom paste to thicken and sprinkle with coriander. If too thick add a little bit more water.

Serve with bhoojal bhaat.

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