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4 Sept 2007

Prawn Coconut Milk Curry



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.

at 8:59 pm by Seena
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32 comments:

  1. Finla4 September 2007 at 21:47

    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

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  2. Prajusha4 September 2007 at 21:50

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

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  3. Pravs4 September 2007 at 21:53

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

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  4. ushaprashanth4 September 2007 at 22:32

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

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  5. MR4 September 2007 at 22:43

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

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  6. Mishmash !4 September 2007 at 23:55

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

    Shn

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  7. Pooja V5 September 2007 at 00:05

    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.

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  8. FH5 September 2007 at 00:39

    YUMMY Coconut milk smooths out everything:)

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  9. Unknown5 September 2007 at 01:47

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

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  10. Chef Jeena5 September 2007 at 05:08

    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. :)

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  11. amna5 September 2007 at 09:35

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

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  12. Seena5 September 2007 at 13:05

    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..

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  13. FH6 September 2007 at 01:56

    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

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  14. Finla7 September 2007 at 20:20

    Thankx for the info

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  15. Laurie14 October 2007 at 02:55

    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!

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  16. Seena14 October 2007 at 07:30


    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..

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  17. Zerin10 March 2008 at 00:35

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

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  18. Seena10 March 2008 at 00:39

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

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  19. Unknown9 September 2008 at 12:06

    hi seena...
    prawns curry looks nice...ok now i have d recipe..bye for now..time to open my kitchen:)

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  20. Unknown13 August 2009 at 22:05

    hi seena, first of all thank you so much for posting this recipe.. im a pure veggie but my husband & his family are pure non-veg.. so i just tried ur prawn recipe today to impress them for lunch and got so many compliments.. they all said tat it was too gud and my mom-in-law who never appreciates anyone's cokking really appreciated mine today cuz of ur recipe.. thank you so much

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  21. Seena17 August 2009 at 06:40

    Thanks Monica! Try out more veg or non veg from here.. :)

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  22. Anonymous28 October 2009 at 19:38

    looks divine - is it teaspoon or tablespoon ?

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  23. Seena29 October 2009 at 11:34

    Hey Anon, I normally write tsp for tea spoon, and Tbsp for table spoon.. :)

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  24. Anonymous7 November 2009 at 18:57

    droooooly indeed!
    I used to put a little bit of tamarind but you're right, vinegar is much better.

    Your blog is wonderful!
    love from Maria
    (an Indian-food lover from Italy)

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  25. Anonymous4 December 2009 at 19:24

    This recipe is awesome!! its simply finger licking lip smacking delicious!!!! I made it for my hubby and he was very impressed. :-) thanks to you

    rgrds,
    Sameena

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  26. Seena4 December 2009 at 22:52

    Thanks Sameena!
    It is great pleasure to know that you tried them and got the taste.. visit again to find out more ... :)

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  27. nimi27 January 2010 at 18:48

    Hi Seena,
    Prepared this few days back and it was an instant hit @home. Thank you so much!!
    Nimi.

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  28. Seena3 February 2010 at 22:49

    Thank you Nimi dear! :)
    You always leave very encouraging comments.. :)

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  29. Bani27 May 2010 at 17:13

    Hi...I wanted to know if I can use this recipe by replacing the prawns with fish. Would I need to make any changes to the recipe?
    Hope to hear from you soon!
    Bani

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  30. Seena31 May 2010 at 23:31

    Bani, sorry for being late to reply..
    You can use other big type fishes, like king fish etc. I mean the fleshy fishes.. however I haven't tried this recipe with other fishes, hope you can do..All the best! :)

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  31. Anonymous28 November 2011 at 19:57

    hey seena ....thanks am going to try it in next 20 mins....was looking for a quick recipe for prawn and coconut.....
    sudeep banerjee

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  32. Anonymous2 June 2012 at 16:25

    I needed a shrimp recipe with coconut milk in a hurry so I searched the net frantically; liked yours; tried it at a party I had last night and my guests loved it!!

    So, thank you for sharing your recipe.

    Rachel

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