Chettinadu Prawn - Potato masala curry

Here is one of the simple prawn curry with potatoes in chettinadu style again.


Ingredients:

• Prawns- 10 big pieces
• Potato-2
• Garlic-4 or 5
• Big Onion-2
• Tomato-1
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 teaspoon
• Chilli powder-1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder- 3/4 teaspoon
• For seasoning:Fennel, curry leaves
• Oil- 2 tablespoon
• Salt.

Method:

• Clean the prawns and allow it to dry seperately.
• Cut potatoes into large squares and mix it with chilli powder, coriander powder and salt.
• Heat oil in pan and add fennel and curry leaves.
• When it starts to splutter add the garlic paste, cut onions and then the tomatoes.
• When the tomatoes are cooked add the prawns with turmeric powder.
• After 2 minutes of frying, add the potatoes and fry it .
• Add enough salt, close the lid and allow it to cook.
• Stir with a spoon and sprinkle some water if needed in intervals.
• Brinjals can also be added if needed.
• Suits well with all kind of rices as sidedish.

Beans poriyal - Beans curry

Ingredients:

• Beans- 1/4 kg
• Sambar powder- 3/4 teaspoon(See previous posts)
• Tomato puri-1 tablespoon
• Oil-2 tablespoon
• Salt
• For seasoning : Mustard, Urad dal, Curry leaves

Method:

• Cut the beans as fine as possible.
• Heat oil in pan and add the seasoning items one by one.
• When the mustard splutters and ural dal turns brown, add the beans in the pan and fry it in the closed lid.
• Fry the beans every 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle water in intervals.
• Add the required amount of salt and allow it to cook.
• When the beans are cooked enough, add the sambar powder and the tomato puri.
• Fry it for few more minutes till it is evenly mixed .
• Chilli powder can also be used instead of sambar powder.