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Keralan Prawns Recipe

India

Cuisine Prawns cooked Kerala style.

Ingredients

  • ½ kg whole prawns
  • ¼ tablespoon red chile powder
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon coriander powder
  • ¼ tablespoon minced ginger
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • Kudampuli (Malabar tamarind) to your preferred sourness (can be substituted with lime juice)
  • 15 curry leaves
  • 20 pieces chipped coconut kernel (thin slices approximately 2 cm long each)
  • 1 big green chile
  • ¼ big onion (not sweet)
  • Salt to taste

Procedure

  1. Remove the prawn tails and heads.
  2. Cook the prawns in water with ginger, salt, curry leaves, green chillies, kudampuli and coconut. Leave a little water in the vessel at the end of cooking.
  3. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the turmeric, chili powder and coriander powder in it until they turn brown.
  4. Add the onion and sauté until wilted.
  5. Add the cooked shrimp and simmer, stirring, until it reaches a semi-dry consistency.

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook · Cookbook:Keralan Prawns, CC BY-SA 3.0.