Chemmeen -Prawn Mapas – Kerala special prawn curry with coconut milk
Kerala special prawn curry with coconut milk
Ingredients
- Prawns – 250 gms
- Oil – 1tsp
- Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
- Fenugreek seeds – a pinch
- Onion sliced – 1 medium
- Green chillies – 4 nos slit
- Garlic cloves – 12 chopped
- Ginger 5 cm piece- sliced
- 2 walnut sized balls of Seedless tamarind soaked in 2/3 cup water
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- 3/4 cup coconut milk (1st extract)
- Mixed together
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp water
Method
- Shell prawns,remove heads,devein and wash
- Heat oil in pan and sprinkle in mustard seeds. When they start sputtering,add fenugreek,onion,green chillies,garlic and ginger,and fry till onion turns translucent.
- Mix in spice paste and fry for 2 minutes
- Extract tamarind pulp and add with salt. Mix well and bring to boil
- Add prawns and cook till prawns are half done
- Pour in coconut milk,mix well,bring to boil and remove from heat
- Serve with appam,idiyappam,pathiri or puttu
