Malabar Prawn Curry

Malabar Prawn Curry

Ingredients

20 medium sized prawns
1 tsp cocum (soaked in 1/2 cup water for 15 min) or 1/2 cup tamarind pulp
1/2 cup coriander leaves
1/2 freshly grated coconut
5 onions, peeled and chopped
6 flakes garlic
4 red chillies
4 green chillies
2 inch piece ginger
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/24 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut oil for frying

For the garnishing

2 tsp curry leaves, fried oil
6 cashew nuts, chopped and fried
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Method

1. Wash, shell and de-vein

2. Grind the coriander leaves, coconut, onions, garlic, red chillies, green chillies, ginger, pepper, cumin to a fine paste.

3. Apply the paste to the prawns and allow to marinate for 2 hours.

4. Heat oil and fry the prawns till golden and drain well.

5. Mix the tamarind juice or cocum, turmeric powder and salt in a vessel.

6. Add the fried prawns and boil for five minutes. Remove it from fire and transfer the contents to a serving dish.

7. Garnish it with the fried curry leaves and nuts. Sprinkle cardamom powder on them.

8. Serve with hot rice.