Ingredients:

• 3 Cups – Fresh Shelled Prawns
• 1 Cup – Vinegar
• 5 Large – Onions (Minced)
• A Few Curry leaves
• 1/2 cup – Mustard oil Or Any Vegetable
• Salt To Taste
• Grind to a paste-
• 12 Cloves – Garlic
• 12 – Dry Chillies

Method:

1. Skin & Remove the heads from the prawns & also remove the back veins . Wash well in salt water & drain dry
2. Mix with turmeric powder & keep aside for 10 minutes.
3. Now heat some oil in a pan & fry the Prawns crisp with some Salt.
4. Remove the Prawns from fire & Keep aside
5. Pour the mustard oil in a pan now & allow it to become hot.
6. Fry the onions until golden brown & add the ground paste masala to the onions & fry for few minutes ,then add curry leaves & the vinegar slowly.
7. When the vinegar starts to bubble ,add the prawns & Salt to taste.
8. Turn down the fire & allow the prawns to simmer until the mixture is dry.
9. Remove from the fire & allow it to cool completely.
10. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator until required.

Recipe courtesy of Shanti Naresh