Prawn Coconut Milk Curry

Posted On 04-Sep-2007 at 7:29 PM by Seena  



Ingredients
Prawns 1 cup
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Garlic and ginger paste 2 tsps
Green chillies 2 chopped or crushed
Coconut milk thick 1 cup
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Coriander powder 2 tsp
Pepper powder 2 tsp
Garam masala 1 tsp
Salt
Oil

How to prepare
Heat oil.
Saute chopped onion, then garlic ginger paste.
Add prawns and powders with salt.
Fry for few seconds till the prawns are covered with powders.
Then add tomatoes, green chillies, and coconut milk.
Boil till the prawns are cooked.
Remove from fire, garnish with coriander leaves.
Prawns need less cooking time.
Cooking prawns for a long time will make it hard.
If the prawns /shrimps are medium sized, cook them up to 4 or 5 minutes and for larger size, you can add 3 or 4 minutes too.
Don't forget to remove the intestinal vein of prawns before you cook them.
Keep the curry for half an hour before you serve.
So the juices in the shrimps will enter into the curry slowly and it will make the curry little thick and tasty.

Goes well with chappathi, rice & vellappam.

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  1. Happy cook Says: 04 September 2007 20:17  

    Hey i am the first one.
    Great recipe.
    I love prawns.
    Can imagine just serving them with simple white rice.
    Do you have to add any tamarind for sourness to the dish

  2. Prajusha Says: 04 September 2007 20:20  

    athey enthu paryana.:)
    chemmeen curry with coconut milk looks delicious.

  3. Pravs Says: 04 September 2007 20:23  

    yup ! nalla porutham thaney :D
    The recipes seems almost similar, with plus and minus ingredients.. Looks delicious..want to try this curry with appam :)

  4. ushaprashanth Says: 04 September 2007 21:02  

    Hi seena!
    Prawn coconut milk curry looks lovely! easy way to prepare this dish! I think this will go well with dosais too!!

  5. mallurecipes Says: 04 September 2007 21:13  

    good one!!!
    always loved the combo of prawns and coconut milk.
    my recipe is also pretty similiar

  6. Mishmash ! Says: 04 September 2007 22:25  

    haa...adipoli combo :)
    I wish I could get some now!!

    Shn

  7. Pooja V Says: 04 September 2007 22:35  

    i am a total prawns freak. Loved this version of curry as well. we make prawns in cocnut milk but without ginger-garlic. Chk my first blog of march for the recipe.

  8. Asha Says: 04 September 2007 23:09  

    YUMMY Coconut milk smooths out everything:)

  9. rv Says: 05 September 2007 00:17  

    have never cooked prawns, but i just love their taste:) ....and when prawn is with coconut milk , wah!

  10. Jeena Says: 05 September 2007 03:38  

    Fantastic prawn recipe Seena. I think prawns so so well with curry spices. I might try this one out for me and my hubby thanks. :)

  11. Nags Says: 05 September 2007 08:05  

    lovely! any curry with coconut flavours gets a thumbs up from me :) and when it has prawns too, well.. what i can say! yummm

  12. Seena Says: 05 September 2007 11:35  

    Happy,
    In this curry, I wouldn't add tamarind, but if you love, you can add little vinegar.this curry is different from our normal fish curries..

    Praju,
    hey, I know you love prawns, test this..

    Pravs,
    yeah, very similar and good with appam..

    Definitely Usha,
    good with dosas too..

    thanks mallu..post yours alos..

    S,
    make it with thick coconut milk powder.

    Pooja,
    welcome.. thanks for visiting..
    Yeah, we can make various dishes using prawn.check the other prawn recipes here..will check yours soon..

    sure Asha,
    hope you are good in health..

    rv,
    Haven't tried prawn recipes yet? don't wait...hope you are back..

    thanks Jeena,
    let me know the result..hope you will love it..

    Nags,
    welcome and thanks!
    this is a simple and different from our usual coconut fish curries..

  13. Asha Says: 06 September 2007 00:26  

    Seena, I have posted LASIK in detail at Aroma.check out when you can:)

    http://aromahope.blogspot.com/2007/09/lasik-surgery-my-experience.html

  14. Happy cook Says: 07 September 2007 18:50  

    Thankx for the info

  15. Laurie Says: 14 October 2007 01:25  

    Hi Seena, I made your prawns in curry and coconut milk for a dinner party last night. Delicious. I doubled the recipe and it worked well.

    One question I have is about the two green chilis that are added with the liquid. Are they whole or chopped. I improvised and chopped my 4 green chilis and added them at the frying stage along with the garlic and ginger. I am curious, though, as to what I was supposed to do with the chilies. Very yummy and a recipe that I will definately return to!

  16. Seena Says: 14 October 2007 06:00  


    Dear Laurie,
    Glad to know that you liked prawn curry..what you have done with the green chillies is correct. You have to chop them and can add in the first stage (ie, with garlic and ginger) or at the final stage ie, with coconut milk also..For those who love spicy taste, can add them by crushing, so it will make curry too spicy..
    thanks dear..

  17. Zerin Says: 09 March 2008 23:05  

    The recipe was just perfect. I tried it out today. I did not have pepper so used chilli powder instead. This chemmeen curry rocks!!!

  18. Seena Says: 09 March 2008 23:09  

    Welcome and thanks Zerin!
    Nice to know u r from Uae. Try out more from here.. :)

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