Ingredients for Prawns – Ivy Gourd Thoran (Chemeen Kovakka Thoran):
1. Pot tamarind – 2 cloves
2. Coconut scrapped – 1 cup
Ginger chopped into match stick like thin structures – 1 big spoon
Green chillies – 4 or 5, chopped fine
Red chillies – 2, split
Shallots – 50 gm, chopped
Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon
Chilli powder – ½ small spoon
Salt – For taste
3. Coconut oil – 3 big spoons
4. Prawns – ½ kg (remove waste and wash it)
Ivy guard (Kovakka) – 100 gm, cut into lengthy pieces.
5. Mustard – 1 small spoon
Curry leaves – 2 stems
Red chillies – 2, broken
How to prepare Prawns – Ivy Gourd Thoran (Chemeen Kovakka Thoran)?
1. Soak pot tamarind in water.
2. Crush ingredients no: 2 together.
3. Add 2 big spoons of coconut oil to this coconut gravy and stir well.
4. Add ivy gourd and cleaned prawns to it, and manually mix the contents.
5. Add pot tamarind too.
6. Heat remaining oil in an earthen pot and sauté ingredients no: 5.
7. Add prawns-ivy gourd mixture to it and sprinkle a little water.
8. Close the lid, reduce the flame and cook the contents.
9. Water content should be fully absorbed.
10. Serve hot.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, August 15-31, 2019
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