Ingredients

• 500 gms - prawns.
• 1/2 kg - Salt.
• 10 - green chillies.
• 1 Inch - Ginger.
• 1 Pod (whole) - Garlic.
• 1 cup - Vinegar.
• 1/2 kg - Dry red chillies.
• 1 tbsp - Jeera/Cumin Seeds.
• 1/4 tsp - Mustard Seeds.
• 1/2 tsp - peppercorns.
• 1 Inch - Turmeric.
• 1 Inch - Ginger.
• 2 Pods (whole) - Garlic.
• 1 cup - Sweet oil/Gingili oil.
• 5 - Bay Leaves.

How to Make Plain Prawn Pickle

• Salt the prawns, place them in a vessel with a loose lid and a light weight over the lid.
• The next day, drain the salted water, and squeeze the prawns.
• Dry the prawns in the sun for an hour.
• Fry the prawns in sweet oil, in a flat pan, and keep them aside to cool.
• Prepare the sliced masala - green chillies, ginger and garlic, and keep aside.
• Masala:
• Take a handful of dry red chillies, 1 tbsp cumin seeds, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp peppercorns, turmeric, ginger and 2 pods of garlic, and grind them with vinegar.
• Heat some sweet oil, and fry the bay leaves.
• Add to it the sliced masala of green chillies, ginger and garlic.
• Then add the ground masala and fry.
• Finally add fried prawns and simmer till the gravy is thick, and the prawns are cooked.