Goan Prawn Curry

Ingredients

• 500 gram Prawns/unpeeled weight 700gram
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil or coconut oil
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
• 1 sprig curry leaf
• 2 Roma tomatoes
• 1 tspn Kashmiri Chilli Powder
• 1 tspn sugar (if required)
• salt
• 6 large clove garlic
• 6 red dried chillies
• 2 tspn ground coriander
• 1 tspn ground cumin
• 1/2 tspn ground black pepper
• 1/2 tspn turmeric
• 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
• 1 tspn tamarind paste
• 1 cup coconut cream or coconut milk

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Curry Paste ---

2. 2

   Soak the desiccated coconut in a quarter cup of water for 5 minutes. Drain the water and set aside

3. 3

   Place all the ingredients for the curry paste in a blender, together with the coconut and blend into a smooth paste. Set aside

4. 4

   --- Prawn Curry ---

5. 5

   Heat 2 tablespoons oil on low-medium heat

6. 6

   Add the onion, ginger and curry leaf and fry until onion is golden brown

7. 7

   Add the tomatoes and allow it to cook for 5 minutes

8. 8

   Add the chilli powder and cook for a minute

9. 9

   Add the curry paste and cook for a further 10 minutes. Sauce will thicken and turn into a deep color. Add the sugar if required

10. 10

    Add the prawns and season with salt. Cook for 3 minutes or until the prawns turn into a "C" shape