Who doesn’t love Prawns? I always remember how when I was a child I would save up all the prawns for the end of the meal so that I could enjoy them slowly once I was done eating all the other boring food…lol ? And now I can say that my daughter too is crazy about Prawns.
We have also been lucky that in-spite of being out of Goa for the last 10 years, we have managed to get good quality of prawns wherever we have gone. There are so many different varieties of dishes that can be made with prawns. You can make rice dishes like Pulav and Biryani, appetizers like butter garlic masala prawns, prawns dangar or prawns pockets, curries like prawns curry, prawns masala, prawns balchaon; dry items like prawns Sukhe…this is just to name a few.
Prawns Curry is usually eaten with rice.
Here I present to you the famous Goan Prawns Curry…
Serves: 2
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
Scraped coconut: 1 cup
Peppercorn: 4-5
Coriander seeds: 1/4 tsp
Tamarind: A marble sized ball
Onion: 1 small finely chopped
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Chilli Powder: 2 tsp
Salt: to taste
Prawns: 1 cup small
Radish: 1 cut into small pieces
Method of Preparation:
- Apply 1 tsp Chilli powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and salt to the prawns and keep aside.
- Grind together the scrapped coconut, peppercorn, coriander seeds and tamarind with around 3/4 cup water to form smooth paste.
- Heat around 3/4 cup of water in a pan and add onion and radish pieces to it. Close lid and let cook.
- Once radish is cooked, add prawns to it. Close lid and let simmer till prawns are cooked.
- Add the ground mixture (step 2), 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp chilli powder, salt and around 1 cup water. Close lid and let simmer for 2-3 minutes. Note: You can add more water if the curry seems too thick.
My favorite ?