Ingredients

• 20 to 22 - frozen shrimps (cooked and peeled with tail kept on), medium sized
• 2 - potato, medium sized, diced in 1 square inch cubes
• mustard oil
• 2 - green chillies, finely chopped
• kalonji/nigella seeds (this is necessary for the quintessential Bengali flavor of the dish)
• 1 - tomato, chopped
• turmeric powder
• salt, sugar to taste
• 1/2 cup - green peas (optional)

How to Make Easy Prawn ( Bengali Style )

• Heat a little mustard oil in a kadai to smoking point.
• Bring down the flame to medium heat.
• Sprinkle a pinch of kalonji. Wait until you get the strong smell of fried kalonji.
• Add the cubed potatoes, along with turmeric and salt.
• Keep stirring potato cubes for a while till they start turning brown.
• Add the shrimps.
• Add a little more salt and sugar to taste and keep stirring.
• When the shrimps take on a reddish tint, add the diced tomatoes and close the lid after mixing well.
• You can also add some green peas at this point, as they will add to the volume, colour and flavour of the curry.
• After 4-5 minutes, you can check the gravy in the kadai.
• Do not add any water if you want your curry to be dry.
• Sprinkle more salt according to taste and when the gravy is boiling at high heat, add the chopped green chillies.
• Your curry is done when the gravy is as thick as you want it to be.