Prawn Tikka Masala

Ingredients

• • Jumbo prawns (deveined & cleaned) - 25

Ingredients For Marination

• • Lemon - ½
• • Salt - 1 teaspoon
• • Chilly powder - 1 teaspoon
• • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients For Gravy

• • Yogurt/Curd - ½ cup
• • Cream - ¼ cup
• • Onions (finely chopped) - 2
• • Tomato puree - 1 tablespoon
• • Kashmiri chilly powder - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - 1 teaspoon
• • Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
• • Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Garam masala powder - 1 tablespoon
• • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
• • Butter - 1 tablespoon
• • Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Tandoori masala (for color) - 1 teaspoon

Method

• 1. Put lemon juice, salt, chillies powder and ginger-garlic paste and mix it well. Add prawns, mix it well so that the masala stick to the prawns and marinate for 20 minutes.
• 2. Boil water, add tomatoes and keep it for 5 minutes, remove it when you notice the outer skin cracks. Peel the tomato skins when it is cooled. Make puree of the skinned tomatoes in a blender and set it aside.
• 3. Heat a pan and put butter. Put the marinated prawns and cook it for 5 - 6 minutes and set it aside.
• 4. Clean the pan and heat it in medium fire, add oil and when the oil is hot add cumin seeds. When it sizzles add chopped onions and saute it until it turns golden brown.
• 5. Add turmeric power, chilly power, ginger-garlic paste and salt. Fry it for a minute. Now add tomato puree, mix it well. Cook it for 2 - 3 minutes until the mixture thickens.
• 6. Add yogurt, cream and garam masala power and mix it well in low flame.
• 7. Add cooked prawns, tandoor masala and salt to taste and mix it well and keep it in low flame for a minute until prawns and the masala gets mixed well.
• 8. Serve hot along with rice or roti/naan and enjoy!