Recipe: Yummy Malabar Prawns Curry in Roasted Coconut Gravy

Malabar Prawns Curry in Roasted Coconut Gravy. Varutharacha Kozhi curry Malabar style / Chicken curry in roasted coconut gravy. This video explain how to make Kozhi varutharacha curry. This dish brings me lots of happy memories of cooking as a child with my grandmother.

The Coconut Grove is by far the best Indian restaurant we have visited in Australia. - North Malabar Fish Curry with Scented Coconut Milk Extraction. Goan Prawn Curry with Coconut is a spicy, sour curry that comes from Goa and is also called Ambot Tik. Just serve this with steamed rice and you have a truly satisfying meal! You can have Malabar Prawns Curry in Roasted Coconut Gravy using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Malabar Prawns Curry in Roasted Coconut Gravy

1. Prepare 1/2 kg of prawns.
2. Prepare 3/4 cup of grated coconut.
3. It's 4+ 2 of Shallots.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of fennel seeds.
5. You need 1 of tomato.
6. Prepare 3/4 of malabar tamarind (raw /dried).
7. Prepare 2-3 sprig of Curry leaves.
8. It's 2 tsp of coriander powder.
9. You need 1&1/2 tsp of &1/2 tsp chillipowder.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
11. It's 1 tbsp of coconut oil.
12. You need to taste of Salt.

Ambotik has no coconut not coconut milk in it. This is called curry or coconut curry in Goa. Spicy Malabar Prawn curry with mustard seeds, chilli and tomato. Chemeen Mulakitathu essentially is a spiced thick gravy using fish or prawns This prawn curry is spicy, sour, hot, sweet and tangy all at once.

Malabar Prawns Curry in Roasted Coconut Gravy step by step

1. In a pan roast the coconut, when the coconut turns light brown in colour add fennel seeds and 4 finely chopped shallots and roast again when aroma comes add coriander powder, Chilli powder and roast well. When the coconut is well roasted switch off flame and add turmeric powder and keep to cool..
2. In a blender blend roasted coconut with 1-2 cups of water at batches. Blend to a smooth gravy..
3. Pour the gravy to a clay pot or any cooking vessel. (fish curry is usually cooked in clay pots in kerala).
4. Keep the pot on stove in medium heat. Add salt to taste and roughly chopped tomatoes. Beware of overspilling when the gravy boils, so keep stirring..
5. When the gravy boils add prawns, malabar tamarind (i am using raw) and some curry leaves and cook well. Instead of malabar tamarind you can use normal tamarind pulp or raw mango..
6. Cook until the the oil from the coconut turns and is seen on top..
7. On another pan prepare the seasoning. Heat a pan pour 1 tablespoon coconut oil and add 2 finely chopped shallots and curry leaves. Fry until shallots turn brown. Pour the fried shallot along with the oil to the gravy..
8. Prawns curry is ready to serve..

I use shallots for this dish as it is traditional and also they are milder. Make a fine paste out of these dry roasted spices. Chicken cooked in roasted coconut gravy with Kerala spices. Saute the sliced coconut, chopped pearl onions, chopped onion, curry leaves, little salt, green chilies, ginger and garlic for a few minutes. Add the cooked prawns and the ground roasted coconut masala.