Prawns with Green Mango

Name: Prawns with Green Mango
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz) tiger prawns (shrimp); 1½ teaspoons chilli powder; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon yellow mustard seeds; 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 4 cm (1½ inch) piece of ginger, roughly chopped; 1 red onion, roughly chopped; 4 tablespoons oil; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 1 green (unripe) mango, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe and Carol Selva Rajah

Published 2005

About

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) tiger prawns (shrimp)
1½ teaspoons chilli powder

Asia
India
Fish course
Stew
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Peel and devein the prawns, leaving the tails intact. Put the chilli powder, turmeric, cumin, mustard, garlic, ginger and chopped red onion in a blender, food processor or pestle and mortar and process to form a paste. If necessary, add a little water.

Heat the oil in a karhai or heavy-based frying pan and fry the sliced onion. When it starts to brown, add the curry paste and fry until