Prawn Tikka Masala

What we need:

Prawn (medium size)
Onion
Tomato or tomato puree
Curd
Lime juice or vinegar
Ginger garlic paste
Cumin seeds
Whole peppercorn
Turmeric powder
Red chilli powder
Garam masala powder
Salt
Butter
musterd oil

How we make it:

Marinade the prawns with salt, lime juice or vinegar, ginger garlic paste and red chilli powder For 15 to 20 mins. Add butter in a kadai and fry the prawns, keep aside. Now heat musterd oil in a kadai, add whole peppercorn and cumin seeds. Then add sliced onions. Sprinkle a little bit of salt. When the onions turn into golden color, add the chopped tomatoes or tomato puree (if you use chopped tomatoes, smash them well when the softens). Then add the ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt and mix them well. Then add the whisked curd to the spices. When oil starts to come out from the spices, pour a little water to make the gravy. When the gravy starts boiling add the fried prawns and boil it again. Now sprinkle some garam masala powder and it is ready to serve.

Soya Prawn Curry

                                

What we need:
Soya chunks
Potato
Prawn
Onion
Tomato
Ginger garlic paste
Cumin powder
Salt
Turmeric powder
Chilli powder
Garam masala powder
Coriander leaves


How we make it:
At first marinade the prawns with salt and turmeric powder for 15 to 20 mins. then boil the soya chunks in water, with a little salt. Squeeze it to remove the water. Heat a pan and pour some musterd oil and fry the soya chunks and keep aside. Now cut the potatoes in cube and fry it. Now fry the marinated prawns. Now heat some musterd oil in a pan and add sliced onions. Saute it for sometime. When the onion turns softer, add sliced tomato and let them to get cooked for sometime. Then add ginger-garlic paste, cumin powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and cook it for sometime. When oil comes out from the spices, add fried soyabean chunks, potatoes and prawns and mix them well with the spices, then add water and cover it with a lid to bring it to boil. When the potatoes get the proper softness, sprinkle some garam masala powder mix it properly. Garnish with some coriander leaves and serve with roti or paratha.

Murg Do Pyaza

What we need:

chicken
Onion (half sliced, half cubed)
Tomato (amount - half of the amount of onion)
Ginger-garlic paste (garlic is double in amount than that of ginger)
Coriander powder
Turmeric powder
Red chilli powder
Bay leaf
lemon juice
Salt
Coriander leaves for garnishing

How we make it:

Marinate chicken with salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder for at least half an hour. Heat oil in a pan. Add bayleaf for tempering. Add sliced onions, stir. Then add a little salt. Cook till it turns into brown in colour. Then add tomato pieces. Cook well. Add ginger-garlic paste and cook well until oil separates from the mixture. Then add the marinated chicken pieces with all the spices it was marinated with. Cook it well until chicken is half-done. Then add the cubed onion pieces and mix it well. Cook it for sometime. Now ass warm water to the chicken to make it softer. Cover with a lid. Leave it for sometime. Cook until the chicken is done. It does not have lots of gravy, so keep that in mind. now check the salt. If it is ok then add lemon juice. Serve hot with roti or naan or fried rice after garnishing with coriander leaves.