Bhuna Prawn With Puri

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 300 -400 g of peeled big prawns (washed and dried well) or 300 -400 g prawns (washed and dried well)
• 8 tablespoons vegetable oil (i use only 1 - 2 but then i do not like oily food)
• 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and minced
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 big red onions, chopped (i prefer the green onions) or 5 -6 green onions, with the green stalks chopped (i prefer the green onions)
• 2 fresh green chilies, deseeded and finely chopped (or less according to taste)
• 2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2-1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 3/4 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon tomato puree
• 2 big tomatoes, chopped
• coriander leaves (chopped) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 use 4 delicious homemade puris!
• 2 #44025 by fandoos or my rotis/phulkas #90817 (this is if you are like me and do not much care for deep fried stuff;) heat the 8 tablespoons of oil in a large wok.
• 3 fry the onions green pepper, ginger and garlic until soft.
• 4 add the prawns, stir well.
• 5 add half the salt (use the rest later to adjust the seasoning), the spices and the worcestershire sauce.
• 6 put the tomato puree and tomatoes in and pour the balti sauce over everything.
• 7 stir violently and break the tomato pieces up with the spoon.
• 8 leave the heat fairly high and, still stirring, dry the mixture off for about 3-4 minutes till the prawns are cooked.
• 9 garnish with cilantro (optional). spread one of the chapatis/ puris on a flat surface.
• 10 when the prawn mixture is just cool enough to handle, spoon one-quarter of it on to the chapati.
• 11 fold into a roll, tucking in the ends.
• 12 serve on plates with a wedge of lemon, a little shredded lettuce and slices of cucumber and tomato.
• 13 eat while still warm using your fingers.
• 14 note: you can use this mixture as a filling in rice pancakes or even wheat flour pancakes.