Easy Green Prawns Curry recipe made with step-wise instructions. The curry has a blend of fresh coconut, herbs, spices and with veggies like drumstick and potatoes. However adding veggies are optional. The green curry mainly comes from coriander leaves and chilies.
This curry goes well with pav, appams, sanas (idlis), steamed rice or dosas. We had ours with steamed rice and also rava fish fry along. Recipe courtesy and credit goes to my mother for a sumptuous meal and delicious curry 🙂 who would not love their mother’s food??
We made this curry with prawns you could make with any fish. Also the ingredients used for the curry should be easily located in your kitchen. The consistency should be of medium consistency but if you like it thinner then add more water accordingly. Also if you love spice then add more green chilies.
To add some tang in the curry we have added tamarind. But if tamarind isn’t available then use 1 slice of raw mango or 1 raw mango seed or kokams. So use any of them as per your convenience.
Let’s make Green Prawn Curry recipe step by step:
1. Marinate prawns with lime juice, salt and turmeric powder. Place aside for 10-15 mins.
2. Meanwhile keep all the ingredients for the paste ready.
3. Grind all the ingredients for the green paste with water until smooth.
4. The paste would look like this.
5. Keep all the ingredients handy for the curry.
6. Peel the potato skin and chop them into cubes.
7. Heat oil in a pan and saute chopped onion.
8. Saute until onion are light brown.
9. Add the marinated prawns and saute for 2 mins.
10.Now add the cubed potatoes.
11. Also add curry leaves. Mix all well.
12. Put the chunk of tomatoes.
13. Stir and cook for 2-3 mins.
14. Add the grounded green paste.
15. Stir nicely.
16. Simmer for 1-2 mins.
17. Now add water accordingly with salt as per taste.
18. Cook for 4- 5 mins more.
19. Finally add the drumsticks and salt. Cook for 2-3 mins.
20. Semi – cover and cook for 3-4 mins more or until potatoes are soft and tender.
21. Serve your green prawns curry recipe hot with steamed rice or buns.
Green Prawns Curry recipe below:
- 1 lime juice
- 400 gms fresh prawns cleaned, de-veined
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- salt as per taste
- 1 cup grated or sliced coconut
- 1 cup coriander leaves
- 9-10 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- a pinch of fenugreek seed (methi dana)
- ½ onion sliced
- 1 inch ginger chopped
- 4-5 green chilies
- 1.5 tbsp coriander seed
- 1 small ball of tamarind without seed
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ onion chopped finely
- 1 big sized potato peeled and chopped
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 1 tomato chopped into chunks
- 2 drumsticks chopped lenghtwise
- 2 cups water or as required
- salt as per taste
- some coriander leaves for garnish
- Marinate prawns with lime juice, salt and turmeric powder. Place aside for 10-15 mins.
- Meanwhile grind all the ingredients for the green paste with water until smooth.
- The paste would look like this.
- Keep all the ingredients handy for the curry.
- Peel the potato skin and chop them into cubes.
- Heat oil in a pan and saute chopped onion.
- Saute until onion are light brown.
- Add the marinated prawns and saute for 2 mins.
- Now add the cubed potatoes.
- Also add curry leaves. Mix all well.
- Put the chunk of tomatoes.
- Stir and cook for 2-3 mins.
- Add the grounded green paste.
- Stir nicely.
- Simmer for 1-2 mins.
- Now add water accordingly with salt as per taste.
- Cook for 4- 5 mins more.
- Finally add the drumsticks and salt.
- Semi - cover and cook for 3-4 mins more or until potatoes are soft and tender.
- Serve your green prawns curry recipe hot with steamed rice or buns.
2. Alter spices and adjust as per your taste and preference.
3. If fresh coconut isn't available then add desiccated coconut but the taste and texture would differ.
4. Also if tamarind pulp isn't available then soak tamarind in hot water and squeeze the juice with your hand. Alternatively you could use kokam or raw mango seed for adding some tang to your curry.
Reshma says
Hello Maria,
Could you tell me what the drumsticks are? Vegetables? What kind of vegetable?
Thank you!
peter says
hey maria nice one
maria says
Thanks Peter 🙂
Ruchi says
I tried this recipe and it turned really tasty and something different from our regular recipe. Thanks for such lovely dishes.Ruchi
maria says
Welcome always Ruchi, glad you liked the green prawns curry recipe. Thanks for positive views.