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Indian Recipe : Prawn Malaikari

This is a recipe from Bengal, India.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg prawns
• 200 g onions
• 2-g garlic
• 30 g ginger
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 medium sized coconut (grated)
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 cloves
• 16 cardamoms
• 2 cups curds in 1 cup water
• 1 dalchini stick
• Oil or ghee for cooking

Directions:

1. Extract milk from coconut and keep aside.
2. Make a paste of onion, ginger, garlic, turmeric and chili powder in a grinder with a little water.
3. Dry grind dalchini, colves and cardamoms (garam masala and set aside)
4. Clean and devein prawns. Apply salt and a little turmeric. Keep aside.
5. heat 200 g of oil or ghee or a mixture of both.
6. Put in the bay leaves and then the prawns. Fry for a minute.
7. Mix curds with ground paste. Stir fry the prawns with this mixture till oil separates.
8. Add coconut milk and salt. Cook till a thick gravy forms.
9. Remove from ire and garnish with dry ground masala. Serve hot.