Shrimp curry with onion tomato gravy.

 

Ingredients:

1 set (marinate turmeric n salt to shrimp and cook for 2 mins in little oil n keep a side)

Shrimp - 2lbs 

turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

2nd set 

Oil - 2 tsp

Onion - 1 m chopped

Tomato - 2 m (whole with slits)

Ginger and Garlic paste - 1tsp 

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Set 3

Oil - 2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Onion - 1/2 chopped

Green chilies - 2 no. (chopped)

Curry leaves - few

Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Aam Chur powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

Meat Masala - 3/4 tsp

Water - 1/2 cup

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Proceed:

  

a) Heat oil in a pan add shrimp and fry for 1 or 2 mins only ( they just need to turn pink, if you have any water in the pan from shrimp, keep it aside, u can use that in curry)

1. Heat pressure cooker, add Set 2 ingredients and give 2-3 whistles, switch off and let go the pressure.
2. Once pressure is gone, open the lid n peel tomato skin and mash it.
3. Heat oil in the pan, 
4. Add cumin seeds, onions, green chilies, curry leaves and fry until light pink.
5. Now add onion tomato gravy from cooker and mix well.
6. Now add, red chili powder, salt, corinder powder, cumin powder, aamchur powder and mix well.
7. Now add little fried shrimp from set 1, water and mix well and cook with lid closed for 5 mins.
8. Now add Meat Masala, coriander leaves and mix well n cook for 5 mins on medium flame.
9. Now add extra water if needed and close the lid and cook till 15 mins on low flame.
10. Serve with rice.

* Home made Masala powder - 3tspns coriander seeds, 1tsp poppyseeds (white), 1inch cinnnamon stick, 5cloves, 4cardamom. grind these in coffee grinder in to fine powder, remaining store in tight jar.