Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Prawn Vindhali / Prawn curry

This is my very good and beautiful friend Priya, who lives in Philly. We've been friends from our college days. She visited India too, in December, when I was there. We met up with old friends and had a blast.

She gave me this wonderful recipe for prawn vindhali. She says it's a recipe from Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. It is a very simple and delicious dish. I tried it and loved it. Thought I must give her the credit for the recipe. So, kudos to you, Priya. And thanks a bundle pal :)




Ingredients:
  • Cleaned prawns - 1 pound (abt. 1/2 kg)
  • Vinegar - 4-5 tbspns
  • Onion - 1 large (chopped)
  • Garlic - 6-7 cloves (chopped)
  • Ginger - 1 inch thick piece (chopped)
  • Oil - 4-5 tbspns
  • Red chillis - 10
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn
  • Mustard seeds- 1-1/2 tspn
  • Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
  • Water - 1/4 cup
  • Salt to taste
Directions:
  • Lightly dry roast the red chillis, mustard and cumin seeds in a pan.
  • Grind this to a paste with a 2-3 tbspns of vinegar (do not add water at all to this mixture)
  • Marinate the prawns in this paste for about 30 mins.
  • Heat oil in a pan and add onions, garlic and ginger and saute for 4-5 mins.
  • Add turmeric powder.
  • Add the marinated prawns, salt and vinegar and fry well.( For about 4-5 mins)
  • Pour 1/4 cup of water, add curry leaves and allow it to simmer till the gravy becomes thick.
  • Serve hot. Pairs well with rice .
Luv 'n' luc'
Smitha

22 comments:

  1. Wow..Looks very spicy and colourful...Nice version dear...Kandittu muzhuvan theerkan thonunnu...

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  2. Wao the dish looks so juicy and tempting..your frnd is very cute too....

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  3. wow u hve a lovely blog...http://mykitchen-been.blogspot.com/

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  4. Wowo i wouldlove to have that prawn curry and rice, so so yumm.

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  5. hai dear..yummy curry..i too posted a prawn recipe

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  6. Prawn curry looks really delicious and very colourful! would love to have this with rice:)

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  7. she is beautiful :)
    Prawn vindalu is my Fav..looks adipoli..

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  8. I thought this should be a north Indian prawn dish when I read the title...I am surprised to see that it is from Tirunelveli...curry looks very spicy and delicious, must have tasted great :)

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  9. That looks soooo good smitha.....and ur friend is pretty too:)

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  10. I am so drooling at the sight of such a beautiful curry. Thanks to your friend Priya and to you for posting it.

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  11. So you are back with great articles again. Your friend appears to be beauti... as mentioned :)

    The prawns curry appears fine though the preparation is different than my expectations.

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  12. Your friend is beautiful and this prawn curry looks delicious.

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  13. Curry looks delicious... I dont cook meat, so I will be substitute egg for it...

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  14. That's a wonderful prawn dish Smitha..Love to gorgeous Priya :-)

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  15. Spicy prawn luks so delicious..I want to try this recipe from u..

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  16. Wow, that looks fiery and fiesty. The name sounds so similar to Goan vindaloo. Funny how all the different cultures and states have such similar foods.

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  17. Love the rich color with all the spices.Thanks to priya for the tasty recipe :D

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  18. Love the flavor combos here ... but it smells pretty fantastic too, as it's cooking!

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  19. prawns looks spicy and delicious.. We are drooling here... nice recipe...

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  20. Looks really yummy... And let me tell you... You have a wonderful blog...

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  21. I have got a lot to learn from ur blog.

    Following u.

    http://rakshaskitchen.blogspot.com

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