Simple mouthwatering King Prawn Bhuna, full of flavours.
I used three packets of raw king prawns, each packet was 180g in weight. These are from Aldi.
Place the prawns in a bowl, devain if you need then wash a good few times until clean. If you're using prawns with scales on, take them off too.
Once clean, keep aside.
Slice 2 medium onions thinly, chop 4 chillies in half, cut the tomatoes in medium size pieces and chop the garlic in circles/small pieces.
In a pan, add the oil.
Once the oil is hot, add the garlic.
Mix this in and fry on high heat for a few minutes until nice and golden.
Add in the onions, chillies and salt. Add salt to taste, best to use less salt then adjust it later.
Put the gas up and mix this in.
Cook this just under medium heat until the onions are soft. Make sure to stir often.
Should look like this.
Add all the spices:
Chilli powder 1 & 1/2 Tsp (adjust to taste)
Cumin powder 1 Tsp
Coriander powder 1 & 1/3 Tsp
Hot/mild curry 1 & 1/2 Tsp
Tumeric powder 1/3 Tsp
Put the gas on and mix this in.
Let this cook on low heat for 8-10 minutes, make sure to stir often.
The spices will become very dry.
Add a little amount of hot boiled water and mix this in. This will prevent the spices from burning, make sure to stir at times.
After 8-10 minutes, add in the prawns.
Put the heat up and mix this in.
Cook on high heat for a few minutes until all the excess water comes out.
Once all the water comes out, put the gas down to medium-low heat and let this cook- make sure to stir at times.
Cook this for 5-10 minutes, adjust heat if required.
Finally add a little amount of hot boiled water, as a guide about 1/2 a cup so the base isn't too dry. If you prefer the base to be very dry then skip the water steps.
Once you add in the water, bring this to boil on high heat
Add in the tomatoes pieces.
Mix this in and let this cook on medium heat for about 4-5 minutes.
Add in the rest of the chillies (optional)
Mix this in.
Finally garnish with fresh coriander.
Mix this in, cook for a further 2-3 minutes and turn the heat off.
All done.
Serve hot with plain rice or naan bread.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
Directions
I used three packets of raw king prawns, each packet was 180g in weight. These are from Aldi.
Place the prawns in a bowl, devain if you need then wash a good few times until clean. If you're using prawns with scales on, take them off too.
Once clean, keep aside.
Slice 2 medium onions thinly, chop 4 chillies in half, cut the tomatoes in medium size pieces and chop the garlic in circles/small pieces.
In a pan, add the oil.
Once the oil is hot, add the garlic.
Mix this in and fry on high heat for a few minutes until nice and golden.
Add in the onions, chillies and salt. Add salt to taste, best to use less salt then adjust it later.
Put the gas up and mix this in.
Cook this just under medium heat until the onions are soft. Make sure to stir often.
Should look like this.
Add all the spices:
Chilli powder 1 & 1/2 Tsp (adjust to taste)
Cumin powder 1 Tsp
Coriander powder 1 & 1/3 Tsp
Hot/mild curry 1 & 1/2 Tsp
Tumeric powder 1/3 Tsp
Put the gas on and mix this in.
Let this cook on low heat for 8-10 minutes, make sure to stir often.
The spices will become very dry.
Add a little amount of hot boiled water and mix this in. This will prevent the spices from burning, make sure to stir at times.
After 8-10 minutes, add in the prawns.
Put the heat up and mix this in.
Cook on high heat for a few minutes until all the excess water comes out.
Once all the water comes out, put the gas down to medium-low heat and let this cook- make sure to stir at times.
Cook this for 5-10 minutes, adjust heat if required.
Finally add a little amount of hot boiled water, as a guide about 1/2 a cup so the base isn't too dry. If you prefer the base to be very dry then skip the water steps.
Once you add in the water, bring this to boil on high heat
Add in the tomatoes pieces.
Mix this in and let this cook on medium heat for about 4-5 minutes.
Add in the rest of the chillies (optional)
Mix this in.
Finally garnish with fresh coriander.
Mix this in, cook for a further 2-3 minutes and turn the heat off.
All done.
Serve hot with plain rice or naan bread.
Enjoy!
I made this today and it was so delicious thank you for sharing!
The video has 2 packets of prawns (360g) but 3 packets are 540g. Does that mean the spices have to be reduced ?
Both of these are slightly different with the measurement, I have corrected the measurement for the youtube now as there was an error. Sorry for the confusion and I hope this helps.
Just cooked this for Christmas Eve dinner as we’d usually be out with friends having a curry. Was absolutely delicious, thank you for the pictures, kept me on track throughout. will definitely cook again.
Thank you so much Fiona for a lovely review, I hope you’re keeping safe during this current situation. 🙂
I made this king prawn bhuna last night as it’s my partners favourite takeaway dish. I was really impressed with myself it actually tastes amazing and my partner was impressed too thank you for sharing I’ll be making it again 😊
Thank you Rachael for letting me know and you’re welcome. I am glad to hear the recipe have worked for you :).
Fantastic – first time I’ve been able to get a Bhuna as dry yet tasty as the restaurants do.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for a lovely review, glad you enjoyed my recipe.
Hi Salma, recipe looks great. At any stage, should the lid be on? Thanks
I never follow recipes but this was an exception I followed it Almost exactly I like my Curry Tomatoey so I added a Small amount of tomato Puree.
It was perfect with nan bread