I love seafood especially prawn. Here I can’t buy small prawns which are very tasty compared with big prawns. So I like to cook big prawn with vegetables like eggplant/ridge gourd/drumsticks/ground gourd. I have more recipes in prawn. I will post very soon.
Now I post prawn with ridge gourd. It is one of the traditional food.
Ingredients:
Prawn- 300 gm
Ridge gourd- 1 normal size
Onion- 1 chopped
Tomato- chopped
Green Chilly- 2
Curry leaves- 1 spring
Ginger Garlic Paste- 1 tsp
Cumin Seed- 1 tsp
Masala Powder -1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Thick coconut milk- 1/2 cup (First milk from half whole coconut)
Thin coconut Milk- 1 cup(Second milk)
Oil- 2 tbsp
Method:
Clean and wash well the prawns with turmeric powder
Add salt and little masala powder with prawn and mix well.
Marinate for 10 to 15 mins
Heat oil in a mud pot/ pan, adds cumin seed, curry leaves, onion and green chilly. cook well
Add ginger garlic paste and cook
Add tomato then add prawns and ridge gourd with salt and masala
Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. After separating the oil from the gravy add thin coconut milk.
cook for more 5 minutes. At last add thick coconut milk. Then switch off the flame.
Don’t cook more after added coconut milk.
Serve with rice or chappati
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