Creamy prawn curry

Recipe

Ingredients

500 grams headless prawns shelled, deveined and cleaned

* ½  teaspoon turmeric
powder
*1  cup onion paste
*1  teaspoon ginger paste
* 1  teaspoon red chilli paste or powder
* 2  bay leaves
* 1 inch piece cinnamon
* 4  each of cloves and green cardamoms
* 2  cups coconut milk
* 2  tablespoons ghee / butter
* Salt to taste

1. Rub the prawns with some salt and wash well. Apply some turmeric powder
and keep aside for five minutes.

2. Heat half the ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan and saute the prawns briefly. Strain the prawns from the pan and keep aside. Now, add the bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and green
cardamoms. Saute for a few minutes. Add the onion paste and stir fry on medium heat till the paste is brown. Add the red chilli paste/ powder and ginger paste. Fry briefly on low heat till the oil separates.

3. Add the prawns and coconut milk. Add salt as required. Mix gently. Simmer on low heat for two minutes. Mix in the remaining ghee and cover tight for a little while.