Ingredients

• Prawns - 1 kg
• Coconut - 1
• Onions - 10 large
• Ginger - 2 "
• Chilli powder - 5 tsps
• Coriander powder - 12 tsps
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Green chillies- 10
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Tamarind juice- 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 3-4 sprigs
• Turmeric - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste.

How to Make Prawn Curry

• Clean and cook the prawns in a pressure cooker with salt and turmeric.
• Keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and saute the finely chopped onions and ginger pieces until brown and add to the cooked prawns.
• Grate half of the coconut and fry until deep brown and grind it into a paste.
• Cut the remaining half of the coconut into thin pieces.
• Add tamarind juice, chillies, coriander powder, coconut paste and coconut pieces to the cooked prawns.
• Add water and cook on low fire till the gravy thickens.
• Splutter mustard seeds in the remaining oil.
• Add curry leaves and green chillies to it and add this to the curry.
• Serve hot with rice or roti.