Shrimp Bottle Gourd Curry

This is another tastiest shrimp recipe. This is mouthwatering dish, I hope you'll definitely love this dish. We liked so much. This is one of my nativity recipe.

 This goes very well with steamed white rice, idli, dosa, chapatti, roti...

Here is the recipe... Enjoy...

Ingredients

Shrimp/Prawn – ½ kg

Chopped Onions – 2

Chopped Tomatoes – 2

Sliced Green Chilli - 3

Cubed Bottle Gourd – 1 (medium)

Cubed Potato – 1

Cubed Eggplant (brinjal) – 2

Fennel (Sombu) Powder – 1 tsp

Chilli Coriander Powder – 3 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind – a small lemon sized balls

To Temper

Venkaya Vadagam – 1 tsp

Curry Leaves – few

Oil – 2 tsp

For Paste

Grated Coconut – ½ cup

Water as required

Method

Soak tamarind in hot water and extract the juice.

Wash and clean the prawn pieces and keep it aside.

In a kadai, heat oil. Add the tempering items which are under “to temper” and saute it for few min.

Add the chopped onions and fry till it turns slight in color. Then add chopped tomatoes and fry till it becomes mushy.

Now add shrimp/prawn with salt and fry for another 10 minute on a medium flame.

Add fennel powder and mix it well. Then add green chilli, remaining veggies and sauté it for few minutes. Check the salt level.

Now add chilli powder, coriander powder, with tamarind water and close the lid and keep cook for another 10 to 15 minutes.

In a blender add grated coconut with required water and make it as a fine paste.

Then add this into shrimp curry and let it cook for another 2 min.

Switch off the flame and serve with hot steamed rice!!!