Ingredients

• Onion 1
• Prawns ½ kg
• Cumin seeds 1 tablespoon
• Mustard seeds 1 tablespoon
• Fenugreek seeds ½ tablespoon
• Fenugreek powder 1 pinch
• Peppercorns 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder ½ teaspoon
• Chilli powder (optional) 1 teaspoon
• 
Tamarind 1 small lime size ball
• Garlic 6 + 2 flakes
• Curry leaves a few
• Oil 2 tablespoons
• Salt to taste

Shell the prawns and de-vein. Wash well and keep aside. Roast cumin, mustard, methi and pepper, and grind together with turmeric powder, tamarind, onion and garlic to a fine paste.

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil and add 2 crushed garlic pods to it. When it turns brown add few mustard seeds. When it crackles add the ground masala. Keep frying, adding little water at a time, till the oil separates from the masala. Then add salt to taste and the washed prawns. Cook till just one boil. Sprinkle methi powder and serve hot.