south indian sirens aka.prawns with toasted coconut flakes and chettinad spices
By yash, on February 6th, 2007
- peeled and deveined prawns-500 gms
- yoghurt-50gms
- turmeric-2gms
- red chilli flakes-2gms
- special garam masala powder(recipe to follow on another post)-pinch
- toasted fresh coconut flakes- 50 gms
- onions sliced-200 gms
- sliced garlic-50 gms
- ginger julienne-20 gms
- salt- to taste
- oil-30 gms
- curry leaves- 1sprig
- asafooetida-pinch
- crushed pepper -20 gms
- marinade the prawns with yoghurt, turmeric,salt garam masala powder, coconut flakes, asafoetida and crushed pepper.
- heat oil add garlic,ginger, onions , saute till light brown, add curry leaves,then on high heat add the prawns and the marinade , stir fry for abt 2 mins.turn off the heat.cover with a lid ,and hold for abt 5 mins.
- bon appetit with rice, tortillas, sour dough bread, baguette, or even cold as topping for caesar salad.
- optional ingredients to add are some star anise -1 ,and long pepper-1 (in south india called kalpasi, and marathi mugga),rest of india called badyan, badam phool and pipli.
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Need the special garam masala recipe
yes boss , will post the recipe now itself.