Sunday, October 28, 2007

'Sukha Prawns'

I love my good old Mangalorean food; spicy, meaty, coconuty, yummy. As the name suggests, this is dry shrimp preparation and can be eaten with a simple rice and dal.

Ingredients:
½ lb shrimp
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp dhania powder
¼ tsp haldi powder
½ tsp jeera
½ tsp methi seeds
6 pepper corns or ½ tsp pepper powder
4 flakes garlic
½ onion
1 small tomato
4 tbs grated coconut
½ onion cut lengthwise


Method:
Grind to a paste: chilli powder, dhania powder, haldi, jeera, methi, pepper corns, garlic 4 flakes, 1/2 onion, coconut and the tomato. Run the mixer just once, you need a lumpy paste.
Fry 1/2 onion cut lengthwise in a little oil, and the ground masala. Then and the cleaned prawns and some salt. Cook on a slow fire for 10 minutes. Your ‘sukha’ prawns is ready. Simple.