Royallu Mudda kura

Ingredients:

• Fresh Prawns - 1/2 kg (shelled, head & tail removed and de-vein, washed).


• Onions - 2 big finely sliced


• Red chilly powder - 1 tsp


• Turmeric powder - 1 big pinch


• Salt to taste


• Curry leaves - 15-20


• Oil - 1/2 tsp

Make a paste:

• Garlic - 4-5 flakes


• Coriander seeds - 1tsp


• Cloves - 2-3


• Cinnamon - 1'' piece


• Poppy seeds - 1/2tsp (soak in warm water for 10 mins)


• Fresh Coconut piece - 2'' piece

Grind all the above ingredients into paste by adding 1-2tbsp of water.

Procedure:

• Marinate prawns in salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder for half an hour.


• Boil the marinated prawns till they are almost done for4-5 mints.


• Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add the onions and curry leaves and saute till the onions turn transparent.


• Add the paste and combine well and cook on medium heat for 4-5 mins stirring continously. You will find that the mixture sticks to the vessel.


• Add the boiled prawns with left over water, if any.


• Cook on low heat till the prawns cook in the curried paste for 8-10 mints.


• There should be no water content and stir fry till the curry coats the prawns and appears like a stir fry fish.


• Serve hot with rice.

Royyalu bachala aaku kura(shrimps in malabar spinach)

Ingredients:

shrimps-1lb
Brinjals-small 3 no.
Arby-small 3 no.
Tindora-8 no.
Ridge gourd- 1 medium peeled
Cauliflower-2 big florets
Any beans-neema beans/yellow peas/ chikkudi ginjalu a fistful
Drum sticks-6 cut pcs
Cluster beans-8 no.
Snow peas-8 no.
Kantola- 5 no.
Malabar spinach- 1/2 to the vegetables quantity
Cashew nuts- use if you have raw or else use dry nuts

For Masala:
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red onion- 1/2 of large one or 1 medium size
red chillies-5(according to hot)
garlic-2 pods
cumin-1/2 tea spn

blend into coarse paste don't add water watch for chillis grind properly.

method:
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-Add little oil to a deep bottomed pan. then allow few mustard, one red chilli cut into pcs and some curry leaves to splutter.
-then add all the vegetables chopped leaving the leaves and shrimp aside.
-once, all the vegetables sauteed well, add the masala little turmeric some salt and mix properly.
-allow it to be under medium flame until some vegetables turn tender.
-then, add the chopped leaves(don't throw the stems ofthe leaves can chop that too and add).
-on the other had add some chilli powder, turmeric and salt to shrimps and allow to microwave for 10 minutes.
-then, add the shrimps to the vessel and mix the whole content properly. don't add water to this curry as all the vegetables release some water including shrimps.
-leave for some 15 minutes under low flame till all the vegetables well cooked including shrimp.
-serve, with hot rice and some oil added to it.



tips:
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-vegetarian people can avoid shrimp to have veg version.
-shrimp shells can be boiled and used for shrimp soup.
- any of the vegetables are missing can still prepare this curry.
-can add whole corn if interested.
-it serves for 5 people.