Name: Prawn Mint Pesto curry recipe by Sana Tungekar at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: About 8-10 jumbo prawns or at least big than usual; 2small onions thin slices chopped; 1 potato cut in small cubes; 1tblspn ginger garlic paste; Curry leaves; 2 tbspn green mint pesto or green mint chutney with coconut; Salt to taste; 1/2tspn garam masala; 1tspn white pepper; For pesto; 1tspn olive oil; 5-6 twigs of mint/a cup of mint leaves; 1 cup chopped corriandr; 1/2cup dessicated coconut or fresh as available; 2-3 garlic pods; Salt to taste; 1-2 green chillies; For white sauce; 1cup milk; 1 /2 cup cornflour; Salt to taste; Sprinkle of pepper; 1/2 tspn oregano; 1 tblspn butter; 1tspn oregano

ABOUT Prawn Mint Pesto curry RECIPE

Sumptuous green pesto prepared to curry jumbo prawns , added to white sauce prepared to make it creamy.Coconut,curry leaves, greenchiillies and mint with some olive oil, created this pesto chutney style.Saute onions with ginger garlic and prawns cooked.White sauce used as base with green mint pesto added for flavour Its awesome .

Ingredients Serving: 3

About 8-10 jumbo prawns or at least big than usual
2small onions thin slices chopped
1 potato cut in small cubes
1tblspn ginger garlic paste
Curry leaves
2 tbspn green mint pesto or green mint chutney with coconut
Salt to taste
1/2tspn garam masala
1tspn white pepper
For pesto
1tspn olive oil
5-6 twigs of mint/a cup of mint leaves
1 cup chopped corriandr
1/2cup dessicated coconut or fresh as available
2-3 garlic pods
Salt to taste
1-2 green chillies
For white sauce
1cup milk
1 /2 cup cornflour
Salt to taste
Sprinkle of pepper
1/2 tspn oregano
1 tblspn butter
1tspn oregano

Instructions

Prepare all ingredients required to start cooking
Heat oil in a pan saute onions translucent add salt and turmeric
Make the pesto ,washing all ingredients and grinding to paste add the olive oil to it
Add the pesto 2tblspn here
Mix cook 1 minute add the prawns and saute 2 minutes
Add little water and chopped potatoes
Cook for five minutes covered
Add water if required to cook well
Bring to gravy consistency and remove in a bowl
Now prepare the white sauce melting butter in pan
Add all dry ingredients for white sauce in cold milk and mix well
Add this mix to heated butter,cook stirring 5 minutes
Now add this to the ready prawn gravy
Your gravy is ready
Serve with white rice it's awesome and some spring onions and lime to go with it

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