Prawns Ghee Roast
The Ghee Roast recipe is originated from Mangalore. This is a Masala type or thick curry type recipe and the main ingredient is ‘Ghee’. This mouth-watering recipe is everyone’s favorite in Mangalore.
Course
Main Dish
Cuisine
Indian
Servings
6
Cook Time
30
Servings
6
Cook Time
30
Ingredients
Prawns – 1 kg
Ghee- 1 cup
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Curd – ¼ cup
Salt – 2 tsp
Lemon – 1
Red Chillies – 20
Long, Soakwarm water for about 15 mins
Peppercorns – ½ tsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Fenugreek seeds – ½ tsp
Methi
Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
Garlic -10 flakes
Tamarind – small marble size
Sugar – 1 tsp
Few curry leaves
Coriander Leaves – ¼ cup
Instructions
Marinate cleaned prawns in curd, salt, turmeric powder, and lemon juice. Keep aside for about 1 hour.
Dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, peppercorns. Grind it with soaked red chillies, garlic, and tamarind to a fine paste.
Heat a pan. Add ½ of the ghee and fry marinated prawns until they are 3/4th cooked.
Transfer cooked prawns into another vessel and keep aside the water released while frying prawns.
In the same pan, add the rest of the ghee and fry the ground paste until it leaves the ghee at the sides.
Now add the 3/4th cooked prawns to it. Also, add the reserved water from the prawns.
Let it cook for 5 – 10 mins, check the salt.
Now add curry leaves, sugar, and coriander leaves.
Take off from the flame and serve hot.