Cookbook:Keralan Prawns

| Seafood | Shrimp | Indian 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.