Name: Pappaya Prawn Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Prawns; 1/4 cup Pappaya pieces (Kappalanga); 1 no Onion (finely sliced); 1/2 cup Tomato (chopped); 1 cup Coconut (grated); 1/2 dsp Vinegar; Oil (As reqd); Salt (As reqd); 3 nos Dry red chillies; 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); Turmeric powder (A pinch); 1/2 dsp Coriander powder; 10 nos Pepper corns (crushed); Ginger (a small piece); 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds; 3/4 dsp Raw rice

Pappaya Prawn Curry

Pappaya pieces cooked with prawns

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Prep Time 30 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 cup Prawns
1/4 cup Pappaya pieces Kappalanga
1 no Onion finely sliced
1/2 cup Tomato chopped
1 cup Coconut grated
1/2 dsp Vinegar
Oil As reqd
Salt As reqd

To be ground:

3 nos Dry red chillies
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
Turmeric powder A pinch
1/2 dsp Coriander powder
10 nos Pepper corns crushed
Ginger a small piece
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
3/4 dsp Raw rice

Instructions

Grind the ingredients to be ground to a fine paste and keep aside.
Extract thick coconut milk from the grated coconut, by adding little water.
Take a pan and pour oil. Fry the onions and then saute the ground masala.
Add the prawns and saute for some more time.
Add chopped tomato pieces and required salt. Saute until the water has dried up.
Add some water and boil the mixture.
Add the pappaya pieces and cover the vessel with a lid. Simmer in low heat.
Stir the curry now and then until the gravy acquires a thick consistency.
When the pappaya pieces are cooked, add coconut milk and vinegar.
When boiling begins to start, remove from fire.
Pappaya prawn curry is ready and serve hot with rice or chappathis.