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.

How to Make Prawns pickle

• 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.
• Mix tamarind water, chilli, mustard and fenugreek powders, garlic flakes, lemon juice well and grind them into a fine paste.
• Heat the remaining oil in a pan, fry the seasoning seeds until light brown and remove from heat.
• To this, add fried prawns and tamarind paste. Mix well.
• Transfer it to an airtight jar.