Prawns cooked and roasted in spicy onion tomato gravy, flavored with cocum. Prawns is my favorite among the seafood. A yummy side dish for rice, pulao, ghee rice, Chapati or any Indian bread. Enjoy 🙂
Summary
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Loading...- Course side dish
- Cuisine kerala
- Yield 3 serving
- Cooking Time 30 minutes
- Preparation Time 10 minutes
- Total Time 40 minutes
Ingredients
Prawns
1/2 kg
Masala
onion (medium)
2 numbers
curry leaves
1 sprig
salt
ginger
1 1/2 tbsps
garlic
1 1/2 tbsps
turmeric powder
1/2 tsp
chili powder
1 tbsp
pepper powder
1/2 tsp
coriander powder
1 tsp
garam masala
1 tsp
tomato (large)
1 number
cocum kudampuli / (medium)
1 number
coriander leaves (optional)
coconut oil / vegetable oil /
Steps
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Thinly slice onion. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add sliced onion, curry leaves and some salt. Salt absorbs moisture from onion and helps onion to get cooked fast.
- Saute onion until it turns brown. Add oil if needed. ** Onion should be well sauteed in this recipe. So never compromise on this step 🙂
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Grind ginger and garlic into fine paste. Add ginger and garlic paste. Add 1 tsp oil and saute it well.
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Add turmeric powder, chili powder, pepper powder, coriander powder, and garam masala to the above mix. Add 2 tsp oil and saute it well until it releases a pleasant aroma.
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Slice tomatoes. Add it to the above gravy and mix well. Cover and cook for around 5 minutes or until tomatoes are cooked. Add enough salt. Add cocum / kudampuli.
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Add cleaned prawns and mix well. Cover and cook until prawns is done.
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Prawns itself has water in it. Ideally, prawns should get cooked by the time water gets dried up. I like to add some coriander leaves at this stage. It's optional. Remove cocum. Otherwise, it might become over sour.
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Once prawns is cooked, open the lid. Saute it until the consistency you desire. Serve it with rice, pulao, ghee rice, Chapati/any Indian bread. Enjoy 🙂
Notes
- Use coconut oil for authentic flavor.