Ingredients

• 500g - prawns, shelled and cleaned
• 2 medium onions, sliced fine
• 2 onions, ground to a paste
• 3 tsp - ground turmeric paste
• 1 tsp - chilli paste
• 2 bay leaves
• Garam masala:
• 2 sticks cinnamon, 2 cardamoms and 4 cloves
• 2 tbsp - Ghee
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp - sugar
• 1 coconut from which 1 cup thin milk and 1 cup thick milk are extracted

How to Make Prawn coconut curry

• Warm ghee in a pan, and when very hot add garam masala and fry for a few mins.
• Add sliced onions and fry to golden brown.
• Then add ground onions and the next two ingredients and continue frying until masala is well fried but does not stick to the pan.
• Add the prawns and stir thoroughly with the masalas and cook for just a few mins before adding a cup of thin coconut milk.
• Add sugar and salt to taste.
• Simmer over a brisk flame until the gravy is less than half.
• Then add the thick coconut milk and cook another ten minutes. Your curry is ready.