About The Recipe:

Prawn Cashew Masala | Eraal Munthiri Masala - Its creamy texture and soft cashews at every bite. Made with very simple masala's only. It will goes well will idli, dosai, chapathi, naan or even with rasam rice. Follow the recipe with easy step by step instructions, images and video.

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Recipe : Prawn Cashew Masala | Eraal Munthiri Masala | Creamy Prawn Cashew Masala Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Recipe Cuisine: Indian Recipe Category: Prawn, Side Dish Serves: 3 persons

Ingredients :

Whole Cashews - 1\4 cup

Whole or Broken Cashews - 1\4 cup

Onion - 1 no (chopped)

Ginger - 1"

Garlic - 7 cloves

Dry Red Chili - 3 nos

Butter - 1 tbsp

Prawn | Eraal - 300 gm (de-veined)

Turmeric Powder - 1\4 tsp

Salt - as required

Butter - 1 tbsp

Red Chili Powder - 1\2 tsp

Lemon Juice - 1\2 no

Method :

Soak the cashews separately with hot water for half an hour. Keep the whole cashews to cook separately. Grind the other cashews into fine paste with required water and keep aside.

Grind the onion, ginger, garlic and dry red chili into paste with out adding extra water.

Heat the butter in a kadhai, add the prawns and soaked whole cashews. Cook for an minute. Add the turmeric powder and required salt, mix well and cook until dry. Keep aside.

To make the prawn cashew masala, in the same kadhai, melt the remaining butter, add the ground onion mixture, cook until its raw smell leaves. Add the red chili powder and required salt. Stir few seconds. Add the ground cashew paste and cook for about one minute over low flame, by stirring frequently. Add the sauteed prawn-cashew mixture, mix well and cook for one minute. Finally add the lemon juice, mix well and serve hot.

Notes: Cashew paste will stick and burn at the bottom, so cook over low flame by stirring frequently.

Step By Step Images:

Soak the cashews separately with hot water for half an hour.

Keep the whole cashews to cook separately. Grind the other cashews into fine paste with required water and keep aside.

Grind the onion, ginger, garlic and dry red chili into paste with out adding extra water, keep aside.

Heat the butter in a kadhai, add the prawns and soaked whole cashews. Cook for one minute.

Add the turmeric powder and required salt. Mix well and cook till dry. (prawn will release its own moisture, so extra water is not required) Keep aside.

To make the prawn cashew masala, in the same kadhai, melt the remaining butter, then add the ground onion mixture, cook until its raw smell leaves.

Add the red chili powder and required salt. Stir few seconds. Then add the ground cashew paste.

Mix well and cook for about one minute over low flame, by stirring frequently. Add the sauteed prawn-cashew mixture, mix well and cook for one minute.

Finally add the lemon juice, mix well and serve hot.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with Idli, dosai, chapathi or naan. Page: Collection Of Prawn Recipes. Variation: Similarly you can try with chicken, panneer or mushrooms. If you like this recipe: You will like this prawn masala recipe also. Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share on Facebook

By Kalais