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Pappaya Prawn Curry

Pappaya pieces cooked with prawns
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 2 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.
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