Portfolio Making and a Prawn Curry

I’m still in the fresh-out-of-college mood. It still hasn’t set in that I should probably start putting my portfolio together. All I did since last week was randomly scan all the original pieces. I’m pathetically lazy. And its not something I’m not aware of.

Anyway, after a sumptuous, prawn curry and rice lunch, I literally dragged myself out of the bed (yes, of late, the bed has been my most-desired destination after lunch…fattening, I know), grabbed the camera and shot a few pages from the Synesthesia Magazine. Oh, I’m proud of my first magazine. Its something I should have done (and blogged about) a LONG time back (read: two months back).

Does prawn make you sleepy?

What You Need:

- I used about 500gms of medium-sized Prawns

- 6 cloves of garlic, crushed

- 1 tablespoon of grated ginger

- 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder (yes, this is typically Indian!)

- 1 dry bay leaf

- 1 teaspoon of red chili powder

- 2 green chilies, chopped

- Half a cup of chopped red onions

- 3 medium-sized potatoes, diced in quarters

- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (lime would do too)

- salt and pepper to taste

- freshly chopped coriander (cilantro) to garnish

How-To:

- Heat oil in a pan (about a quarter cup)

- Add onions, bay leaf, garlic and ginger, till the onions start to turn golden-brown.

- Add the turmeric powder, chili powder, chopped green chilies, lemon juice and stir well for about a minute, till the spices are cooked thoroughly.

- Add the potatoes and prawns (clean the crustaceans…get rid of the veins, but keep the shells on). Stir well to coat the prawns.

- Add salt and pepper to taste.

- Pour in 2 cups of water. Cover and braise on low heat for about 45 minutes. The potatoes should be done by then.

- Uncover and boil off most of the liquid.

- Serve hot with rice.

Have fun and I really don’t need to remind you, that tweaking these recipes yield better results at times!

Oh, and here the shots of the mag, Including the Cover Page (check out the Synesthesia editor’s story, for reference)! Hell, I could not not put it up!