Baby Prawns With Methi: 15-Min Recipe

Baby prawns with the bitterness of tender methi is a bewitching combo concocted by Sunita Harisinghani.

Ingredients

• 200 gm cleaned karandi or baby prawns
• 1 medium-sized potato, peeled, chopped
• 7-8 curry leaves
• 2-3 pieces kokam

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• 10 small bunches baby methi or fenugreek
• ½ tsp haldi or turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilly powder, a hot variety
• 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder

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• 2 onions, diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 2 tsp brown dhania or coriander powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 2 tbsp oil

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• 3-4 garlic pods
• 1-inch piece ginger
• 2-3 green chillies
• Salt to taste, 2 tsp

Method

• In a saucepan or a kadhai, heat the oil over medium heat and add the onions.
  Saute till pinkish and add the curry leaves, ginger, garlic, green chillies, tomatoes, potatoes, kokum, and cook for 5 minutes or till potatoes are soft.

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• Add the turmeric powder, both chilly powders, coriander powder, garam masala.
  Add the prawns too and mix well and cook further for 5-8 minutes.

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• Now add the green methi and mix well.
  Cook for 5 minutes more over low heat.

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• Take off heat.
• Serve with hot bhakri or chapati; Serves 2-3.