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Prawn Kadhi

Prawn Kadhi is an ultimate sea food recipe, so full of flavour and taste. I had tasted this at my friend’s place and it was a signature dish of her family. The friendship did not last but the taste and recipe remain with me along with the bittersweet memories. This recipe works well with any sea fish too as with the prawns, especially Surmai and Pomfret. This curry is known as kadhi because of the delicate flavouring of curry leaves and cumin seeds.

Ingredients

Prawns (cleaned and deveined) – ½ kg

Fresh grated coconut – 1½ cup

Dry coconut – ½ cup

Khuskhus (Poppy Seeds) – 2 tablespoons

Coriander sprigs – 5-6

Green Chillies – 2 nos

Garlic – 10-12 cloves

Cumin seeds – 1½ teaspoons

Curry leaves – 3 sprigs

Turmeric – 1 teaspoon

Red Chilly Powder – ½ teaspoon

Tamarind Pulp – 2 tablespoons

Oil – 3- 4 tablespoons

Salt – As per taste

Water – Approximately 1 litre

Method

Extract coconut milk from the fresh grated coconut and set aside for further use. Grind together dry coconut, poppy seeds, fresh coriander, garlic, green chillies, some few curry leaves and 1 teaspoon of cumin to a fine paste, add some water if required. Heat oil in a pan and temper with remaining cumin seeds and curry leaves. Add the ground paste and roast for about 5-6 minutes. Add turmeric and chilly powders along with salt and mix well. Add tamarind pulp and mix well. Add about half litre of water and bring to a boil while stirring. Add prawns and allow to cook for about 7-8 mins. Finally, add the extracted coconut milk and keep stirring continuously so that it does not curdle. Remove from fire and serve hot with rice.

Note – You may use a teaspoon of rice powder with coconut milk so as to not let it curdle after adding to the kadhi. Preparation time is about 1 and half hour and this curry quantity is sufficient for 4 persons.