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Prawn Vindaloo Recipe – How to make Goan Prawn Vindaloo Recipe | Prawn Masala Recipe

September 22, 2017 by maria 19 Comments

Prawn Vindaloo recipe – a famous Goan-Portuguese dish which is very hot and spicy. Goan vindaloo tastes better as it ages just like a pickle. Main ingredient which goes in making this dish are meat, chicken, pork or prawns along with vinegar, garlic and palm vinegar. You could also make a vegetarian version of vindaloo by adding mushrooms, babycorn etc.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe – How to make Goan Prawn Vindaloo Recipe | Prawn Masala Recipe

Vindaloo is also referred to as aloo which are nothing but potatoes. So some Goans also add potatoes (aloo) to vindaloo. You won’t be surprised to know there is also a song called Vindaloo. There are many variations to make this recipe.

Mainly vindaloo is served with rice, pao or rotis. This actually is suppose to be one of the hottest dishes so use chilies as spice required. I have stuck to the basics and used authentic ingredients to make prawns vindaloo.

The consistency of a vindaloo tastes better when thick but you could make it as per your liking. The color is deep orange to red color. The color comes from dry red kashmiri chilies and it’s not very spicy. So use red chilies which would yield deep color and less spice. Even bedgi chilies would be good. Just in case you don’t get dry kashmiri chilies then just use kashmiri red chili powder.

We make vindaloo many a times home. However make mostly during winters as can’t digest so much heat during summer 😉

How to make prawn vindaloo recipe:

1. Take oil in a pan once it’s hot add cloves and peppercorn.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

2. Also add all the spices except onion and vinegar. Saute for 2 mins on low heat.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

3. Once it cools down grind with vinegar until smooth paste is formed. Add little water if required.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

4. Now add half of the rest of onion and grind again until all blends well.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

5. Take oil in a pan once hot saute chopped onion.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

6. Saute onion until it changes color.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

7. Now add tomatoes.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

8. Cook until it softens also add sugar.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

9. Put the chopped potatoes.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

10. Sprinkle some salt and cook until potatoes are half – cooked.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

11. It’s time to add the marinated paste.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

12. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

13. Add 1 kilo de-shelled prawns and cook for 10-12 mins more on medium heat. Add water as consistency required.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

14. Lastly add vinegar and simmer for 2-3 mins more.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

 

Serve Prawn Vindaloo with hot bread, pao, rice or roti.

Prawn Vindaloo Recipe

If you love prawns check some more recipes on my blog like prawns biryani, prawns fry, prawns curry, south indian prawns curry, butter garlic pepper prawns and goan prawns pulao.

Prawn Vindaloo recipe below:

5.0 from 3 reviews
Prawn Vindaloo Recipe - How to make Goan Prawn Vindaloo Recipe | Prawn Recipes
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
25 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
Prawn Vindaloo a traditional Goan hot and spicy dish.
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
Recipe type: Main, Seafood
RecipeCuisine: Goan, Indian
recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)
For red paste:
  • 1.5 tbsp oil
  • 6-7 dry red kashmiri dry chilies
  • 15-16 peppercorn
  • 15-16 cloves
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 7-8 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • ¼th tsp turmeric
  • 1 tbsp vinegar or palm vinegar
  • ½ onion
For curry:
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 kilo peeled and de-shelled prawns
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1 /2 onion chopped
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 1 potato peeled and chopped
  • water as required
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • salt as required
How to make the recipe?
  1. Take oil in a pan once it's hot add cloves and peppercorn.
  2. Also add all the spices except onion and vinegar. Saute for 2 mins on low heat.
  3. Once it cools down grind with vinegar until smooth paste is formed. Add little water if required.
  4. Now add half of the rest of onion and grind again until all blends well.
  5. Take oil in a pan once hot saute chopped onion.
  6. Saute onion until it changes color.
  7. Now add tomatoes
  8. Cook until it softens also add sugar.
  9. Put the chopped potatoes.
  10. Sprinkle some salt and cook until potatoes are half - cooked.
  11. It's time to add the marinated paste.
  12. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
  13. Add 1 kilo prawns and cook for 10-12 mins more on medium heat. Add water as consistency required.
  14. Lastly add vinegar and simmer for 2-3 mins more.
  15. Serve Prawn Vindaloo with hot bread,pao, rice or roti.
Notes
1. Please don't add too much vinegar.
2. Add red chilies as spice required.
3. Adding Potatoes are optional.
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Filed Under: Fish, Goan, Non Veg, Prawn Tagged With: Bachelor Recipes, Fish Recipes, Spicy and Namkeen

Comments

  1. Audrey says

    August 7, 2021 at 4:45 pm

    Wow, I tried this recipe and it is spot on. Thank u so much, my husband remembered Goa and its falvors thanks to u. God bless!

    Reply
  2. Nickren Jude Balaraj says

    April 6, 2021 at 8:54 pm

    Very good receipie

    Reply
    • maria says

      April 25, 2021 at 5:10 pm

      Thanks a ton 🙂

      Reply
  3. mukti says

    September 21, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    Hi, I’m sorry it doesn’t say how much prawns were used?

    Reply
    • maria says

      September 22, 2017 at 11:41 am

      Mukti I have used about 1 kilo prawns. Thanks will rectify the same in the recipe.

      Reply
  4. Nick says

    May 10, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    I bought something at an Indian grocery store that says “RED CHILLI WHOLE” made by Aara Foods. Will this work for this recipe?

    Reply
    • maria says

      May 10, 2016 at 10:45 pm

      Nick they have to be kashmiri red chilies as there are many types of whole red chili even red bedgi chilies should work. Hope this help’s you as kashmiri and bedgi yield deep red-orange color and is less spicy.

      Reply
  5. Stacye says

    January 29, 2016 at 6:55 am

    Delicious! We used half a white onion, but the pictures look like shallot. Is it 1/2 a shallot you used? Thanks!!

    Reply
    • maria says

      January 29, 2016 at 2:48 pm

      Glad you’ll liked the prawns vindaloo 🙂 I have used white onion and not shallots but you could use shallots also in this recipe. Yes about 1/2 a onion. hope this help’s you.

      Reply
  6. Catherine George says

    June 21, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    Love your recipe. So very goan.do you have recipe for crab xecxe
    Kathy

    Reply
    • maria says

      June 22, 2015 at 4:17 pm

      Thankyou Catherine surely would update you with the recipe but give me some time 🙂

      Reply
  7. Олег says

    February 13, 2015 at 4:24 am

    Lovely recipe, thank you! I live in Russia, but i very fond of Indian food. Definitely try to cook shrimp according to your recipe. Beautiful site and excellent recipes!

    Reply
    • maria says

      February 13, 2015 at 7:55 pm

      Sure try it’s hot an yum.

      Reply
  8. Shirley says

    December 30, 2014 at 4:16 pm

    Hi dear,

    Could you kindly send me your Pork Sorpatel Receipe. I love it.

    Reply
    • maria says

      January 2, 2015 at 4:52 pm

      Shirley its’ surprising but no one eats pork at our place so I am sorry for the recipe.

      Reply
  9. Reshma Potdar says

    November 15, 2014 at 9:32 am

    Hi this is Reshma.I love ur recepies.please sendme ur biryani recepies.chicken vindaloo, biryani – prawns biryani, chicken biryani, mutton biryani.
    I hope you will send all goan recepies.
    Thank you
    Reshma Potdar.

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 15, 2014 at 1:25 pm

      Thankyou Reshma I am pleased to know you love my blog recipes. You could subscribe for free recipes to your mailbox here for regular updates here is the link http://mad.ly/signups/78386/join also you could check recipes on food blog on the top right hand side button for any recipe you want. Check some of the links here for Goan recipe http://www.flavorsofmumbai.com/category/goan-food/ and for biryani check here http://www.flavorsofmumbai.com/?s=biryani …hope this information helps you.

      Reply
  10. Ashwini says

    November 11, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    Red , hot and spicy… yum! Do you think that the red vindaloo paste will stay fresh in refrigerator for 1-2 days?

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 12, 2014 at 7:49 pm

      Yes Ashwini add little more oil and store in the freezer for a longer storage. Thankyou for dropping by 🙂

      Reply

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