Ingredients:

• 2 cups – fresh prawns, skinless.
• 100 g – oil.
• 5 tbsp – Lemon juice.
• 25 g – tamarind.
• 5 to 6 – Garlic flakes.
• 1 tsp – mustard powder.
• 1 tsp – Fenugreek (methi) powder.
• 5 tsp – salt.
• 3 tsp – Red Chilli powder.
• 1/2 tsp – turmeric.
• for seasoning: 1 tsp – mustard seeds.
• 1/2 tsp – Fenugreek and cumin seeds, each.
• 2 tsp – black and Bengal gram, each.
• 4 – red chillies.
• 1 sprig – curry leaves.

Method:

1. Wash the prawns, add salt and mix well. Keep aside for 5 minutes.| Heat 50g oil in a pan, fry the prawns until golden brown. Keep aside.
2. Mix tamarind water, chilli, mustard and fenugreek powders, garlic flakes, lemon juice well and grind them into a fine paste.
3. Heat the remaining oil in a pan, fry the seasoning seeds until light brown and remove from heat.
4. To this, add fried prawns and tamarind paste. Mix well.
5. Transfer it to an airtight jar.

Recipe courtesy of Poulomi Kar