LAL/RED SAAG & PRAWNS

Hi all. Today sharing my recipe
LAL/RED SAAG & PRAWNS with all of you. Its so YUMMALISHISH that those of you who try out this Recipe of mine are really going to enjoy it. Wanted to add Amra but as it wasn’t available couldn’t. If you get, do add, as it enhances the taste of the dish.

LAL/RED SAAG & PRAWNS:

INGREDIENTS:

500 gms medium sized Prawns – to be cleaned, washed and de-veined.
Oil preferable Mustard Oil but refined oil could be used as well.
2 bunches of fresh Red/Lal saag to be picked, cut, washed and cleaned thoroughly.
2 Onions – one sliced fine and the other ground to a paste.
2 nice red Tomatoes – to be sliced very fine.
4 green Chillies to be slit a bit down the center.
Ginger 1/2″ pc and Garlic 6-8 cloves to be ground fine.
Turmeric pwd 1/2 tsp.
Coriander pwd 2 tsp.
Cumin pwd – 1 tsp.
Chilli powder – 2 tsp or, according to ur requirement.
Salt to taste.

METHOD:

Heat a little Oil till nice and hot (if using Mustard oil burn till the raw smell goes), add the prawns and fry till they turn pink in colour. Remove the prawns along with the juices that comes from them. Add oil again in another pan and when hot, throw in the sliced Onions and brown, now add the ground Onions and fry till the colour changes and the Oil surfaces. Next add the Ginger and Garlic paste mix and fry well, add 1/4 cup water and cook till it comes on oil. Now add the Turmeric, Chilli, Coriander and the Cumin powders mix and add 1/2 cup water along with salt and cook till it comes on oil again. Next add the Tomatoes stir, cover and cook till they get mushy and combine well with the gravy. Add the prawn along with the liquid stir and cook for 3 mins, after this, add the Saag mix well cover n cook on sim till the quantity of the saag reduces. Now add a cup of water, let it cook for 5 mins more, check the salt and add if required. Continue cooking till the gravy lessens to your desired requirement and turn the stove off.

THE LAL/RED SAAG & PRAWNS ARE
READY ….. ENJOY!!!

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