Prawns – Ivy Gourd Thoran (Chemeen Kovakka Thoran)

Ingredients for Prawns – Ivy Gourd Thoran (Chemeen Kovakka Thoran):

1. Pot tamarind – 2 cloves
2. Coconut grated – 1 cup
   Ginger chopped into matchstick-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 them)
   Ivy guard (Kovakka) – 100 gm, cut into lengthy pieces.
5. Mustard – 1 small spoon
   Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
   Red chillies – 2, broken

How to prepare Prawns – Ivy Gourd Thoran (Chemeen Kovakka Thoran)?

1. Soak the 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 the pot tamarind too.
6. Heat the 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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