Prawns Coconut Milk Curry (Chemmeen Paal Curry)

Ingredients for Prawns Coconut Milk Curry (Chemmeen Paal Curry):

1. Cleaned prawns – 250 gm
2. Chilli powder – 2 big spoons
   Salt – For taste
   Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon
3. Coconut oil – 2 big spoons
4. Coconut milk – Extracted from half a coconut
5. Pot tamarind – 2 big pieces
6. Green chillies – 4, chopped lengthwise
   Ginger – 1-inch piece
   Shallots – 10, sliced thin

How to prepare Prawns Coconut Milk Curry (Chemmeen Paal Curry)?

1. Marinate prawns using ingredients no: 2 and allow them to rest for a while.
2. Heat an earthen pot and add coconut oil.
3. Add prawns and fry them.
4. Add coconut milk and allow it to boil.
5. Add the pot tamarind and mix the contents.
6. Continue cooking till the gravy thickens and a thin layer of oil appears on the surface of the curry.
7.  Add ingredients no: 6, boil for a few more minutes, and turn off the flame.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, June 10 – 23, 2023

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