Prawns curry-Goan Style

Ingredients

1.Prawns 250 gm Cleaned and Deveined
2.Onion-1 Medium, chopped
3.Tomato-1 Medium.chopped
4.Green Chili-1
5. Ginger-1/2 inch,juliened
6.Coconut Milk-Thick-1/2 cup
7. Coconut Milk-Thin -1 cup
8.Oil
9.Salt

For the  Goan Masala  Paste:
10,Coriander powder-1/2 spoon
11.Cumin Poder-1/2 spoon
12.Cloves-2
13. Tamarind-1 Small Ball
14.Kashmiri red chilies-5
15.Garlic-2-3 cloves

Grind the above ingredients(10-15) with a little water to make the paste


1. Mix salt and turmeric powder with the prawns and fry them lightly in oil. Keep aside

2.  Fry the onion, tomato, ginger and green chili  for about 2-3 minutes.
Once fried, set them to cool and blend in the mixture to form a coarse paste.

3.In a Kadhai, add oil. Add the onion-tomato paste and stir for a minute.

4.Add the Goan Masala Paste and fry till the oil seperates. Stir in the salt


5.Now add  the prawns  followed by the Thick  Coconut Milk and T
hin Coconut milk.


6.Le the currry sit in low flame.  for about 10-15 minutes. Slow cooking will enhance the flavour of the curry.


7.Garnish with Coriander Leaves and serve it with Steamed rice.




How to Make  Thin and Thick Coconut Milk.


Grate the cocnut with a coconut. Add 1 cup water to the grated coconut and blend in the mixture for about 1 minute. Now strain the mixture in a muslin cloth by pressing the mixture lighly.
The milk extracted will be Thick Coconut Milk.

Once again use the same grated coconut and add 1 cup water.Blend it again and strain but this time the  coconut should be pressed tightly so that it is completely dry. The milk extracted will be Thin Coconut Milk