Ingredients

• 250 g - medium-sized prawns (shelled, deveined).
• 100 g - cleaned and washed sorrel leaves (gongura leaves).
• 2 green chillies, chopped.
• 2 tsp - red chilli powder.
• 6 garlic pods, chopped fine.
• 2- onion medium, chopped fine.
• 1/2 tsp - mustard seeds.
• 1/2 tsp - jeera.
• 2 red chilli.
• 1/4 tsp - haldi.
• 1 tsp - coriander leaves, optional.
• 1 to 1/2 tbsp - oil.
• salt.

How to Make Prawns Curry with Sorrel

• Cook prawns with 1 tsp of red chilli powder, salt and 2 pinches of haldi with minimum amount of water till they are soft. Keep this aside.
• Cook sorrel leaves separately with 1 tsp of red chilli powder, green chillies, salt and remaining haldi with very little water, till the leaves are tender.
• Mash this with a wooden ladle or a masher to a fine paste, keep it aside.
• Heat oil, add mustard seeds, red chilli pieces. When the seeds splutter add chopped garlic and onion pieces, fry till they become soft and light pink.
• Now add cooked prawns and sorrel paste.
• Mix thoroughly and cover with a lid, let it cook for 2-3 mins, so that the prawns are nicely coated with sorrel paste.
• Sprinkle coriander leaves (optional).
• Check salt and remove from the fire.