Description:
This spicy rice dish cooked in mouth-watering prawn curry is extremely easy to make in a microwave oven. A 1200-watt microwave oven was used for this recipe. Garnish with fried onions.
Ingredients:
- 1 ⅓ cups uncooked white rice
- 9 ounces peeled and deveined tiger prawns
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 whole cloves
- 4 whole cardamom seeds
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- salt to taste
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- 2 cubes chicken bouillon
Steps:
- Gather all ingredients.
- Place rice with enough water to cover in a small bowl.
- Soak rice for 2 hours
- Stir together the prawns, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, black pepper, cloves, cardamom seeds, cinnamon sticks, salt, yogurt, and oil in a microwave safe bowl until well mixed.
- Cook in microwave on High until the shrimp are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 10 minutes.
- Remove the prawns from the curry and set aside.
- Stir the rice, water, and chicken bouillon into the curry and mix well.
- Cook in the microwave on High until rice is tender, about 10 minutes.
- Mix in the prawns; return to the microwave and cook on high until heated through, about 5 minutes.
- Discard cinnamon stick, cloves, and cardamom seeds before serving.
- Serve and enjoy!