Chillzee Recipes - Easy shrimp/prawn gravy (Easy iral thokku/kuzhambu) - Nanthini

Ingredients

Prawn - 500 grams

Tomato - 1 

Onion - 2 big sized

Chilly Powder - 1 spoon (add  more if you like it hot!)

Curry leaves - as needed

Oil - 1 or 2 teaspoon

Mustard seeds - little

Salt - as needed

Procedure

1. Wash the Prawns well and keep it aside.
2. Cut onion and tomato into small pieces
   1. Onion is the special ingredient in this recipe. Quantity of onion should be more than prawn. Keep this in mind when you pick up onion 
3. Heat oil in a kadai.
4. When oil becomes hot, add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
5. Add curry leaves and then onion pieces.
6. Saute till onion turns color.
7. Now add the tomato pieces.
8. Also add the Chilly powder and turmeric powder
9. Let it cook for few minutes. Tomato should get cooked well and become a fine paste for a tasty dish. So please be patient and let it get cooked!
10. Now add shrimp, quarter cup water and salt (If you want to make it as a gravy, you can add more water)
11. Mix well and let it boil for few minutes. Prawn gets cooked fast, so keep checking it!
12. Once prawns get cooked, reduce flame and simmer for few minutes.
13. If required add more water (for gravy). But the dish tastes good with less water.
14. If you like, you can also mix this with rice and make it as a shrimp rice 

* This is a an easy to cook but very tasty dish that I learned from my sister. My family members prefer some non-veg dish daily and some days it happens that I don't have enough time to cook N.V. In that situation, this is my savior recipe. It takes less time and is delicious too.

If you get a chance try it and let me know how it came out.