PRAWN CURRY WITH COCONUT MILK...BEGINNERS LUCK

We had a friend for lunch and I was on an experimentation mode,why not to try prawns...I went for fresh fish and  prawn shopping to near by 4 block market and got pink and soft my favourite ones in the morning.I collected coconutmilk and tamarind extract and began my culinary journey.We can use this recipe for four adults and works best with hot steaming rice and Nan.Fresh ingredients give away lovley aroma and increase appetite                 

Ingredients:

1)Finely chopped one large onion

2)Pureed two big tomatoes 

3)Fresh ginger and garlic pods for paste of  two tablespoon

4)Green coriander leaves finely chopped

5)Fresh coconutmilk about 1 cup

6)Fresh tamarind extract about 1/2 cup

7)1/2kg prawns cleaned and deveined

8)Dry masala  powders..coriander seeds, jeera seeds, whole red chilli, wholeblackpepper,elaichi seeds.

9)salt to taste

10)Green curry leaves

11)Cookingoil

Begin with dry roasting our masalas on pan waiting for aroma to seep out.Mix with ginger and garlic pods and grind them into paste.Marinate prawns with lemon juice and salt for 15 minutes.Begin curry with frying onion

and curry leaves,add grinded masala .Let it leave oil on sides and then add tomato puree.Mix and fry well and then add salt to taste.Wash marinated prawns and put in masala mix.Cover it nicley all around then add little water.After two minutes of boiling add coconutmilk and stir for fewseconds.Finally add tamarind extract to the curry and then no further stiring.Few more minutes and dish is ready.garnish with corianderleaves and serve hot.

Enjoy mix of malabari and kerala flavours in this unique curry

Happy eating!!!!!!