GOAN STYLE PEPPER PRAWNS

Craving for some spicy delicious food? Then do give this Goan style pepper prawns Indian recipe a try. As the name suggests the dominant flavours of the dish are black pepper and pure coconut oil. This delicious prawns make for a amazing side dish that can be served with  plain rice, jeera rice, lemon rice  or roti etc.

Hope you try out this recipe and if you do then please let us know in the comment section below how it turned out for you.

PREP TIME- 10 MINS

COOKING TIME- 30 MINS

INGREDIENTS

FOR MARINATION

300 grams prawns

1 tsp Chilli powder

½ tsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

Salt as per taste

Coconut oil 2 tbsp

¼ tsp Pepper powder 

FOR GRAVY

1 Bell pepper thinly sliced

1 onion thinly sliced

4 tbsp cabbage

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 green chilli slit

10 Curry leaves

1 tsp Black pepper powder 

Salt as per taste

1 tbsp tamarind sauce

1 tsp garam masala

1 tbsp  pure coconut oil

Coriander leaves for garnish

METHOD

1. Marinate the prawns and keep it aside for 15-20 mins.

2. Heat oil in the pan, add prawns and cook it till its 80% cooked and then remove it from the pan and keep it aside.

3. In the same pan add some more oil and add curry leaves, chillies, onion and sauté for 2 minutes.

4. Add ginger garlic paste and again sauté for a min.

5. Add some salt and mix it well.

6. Add capsicum and cabbage mix it well and let it cook for about a min.

7. Add Prawns and garam masala, tamarind sauce mix everything well and cover and cook it for 5 mins on low-medium flame.

8. Switch off the flame and add fresh pepper powder and coriander leaves and toss well.

NOTE:

1. THIS RECIPE IS VERY SPICY SO YOU CAN ADJUST THE SPICES ACCORDING TO YOUR CHOICE.

2. YOU CAN USE 1 TBSP OF LEMON JUICE INSTEAD OF TAMARIND SAUCE.

          

           

RECIPE WITH PICTURES

1. Chop onion, cabbage, capsicum and chilli and be prepared.

2. Marinate the prawns with salt, pepper, turmeric, chilli powder , ginger garlic paste and coconut oil and keep it aside for 20 mins.

3. Heat coconut oil in a pan and the marinated prawns and cook it till its 80% cooked.

4. Take it off the heat in a bowl and keep it aside.

5. In the same pan add some more coconut oil, curry leaves, chillies and onion and sauté.

6. Add ginger garlic paste.

7. Add salt and again sauté for a min.

8. Add cabbage and capsicum, mix well and let it cook for few mins.

9. Add  cooked prawns. 

10. Add garam masala.

11. Mix cooked prawns and garam masala.

12. Add some tamarind sauce to balance out the heat.

13. Cover the pan with a lid and cook it on low-medium flame for about 5 mins.

14. Now switch off the flame and add some pepper powder.

15. Garnish it with some coriander powder.