Recipe: Delicious Chemmeen Theeyal(prawns curry)

Chemmeen Theeyal(prawns curry). Thenga Varutharacha Chemeen - Konju Curry (Chemmeen Theeyal) means Prawns cooked in Roasted coconut gravy. This Chemmeen Theeyal is always one the main dishes for our Easter. I am usually a vegetarian but when it comes to small prawns, i prefer to become a non-vegetarian.

Chemmeen Theeyal or Prawns Theeyal is a prawns preparation with roasted coconut gravy. It is a good accompaniment with rice. This Prawns-shrimp curry is thirssur style and as the title says, shrimp-prawns is cooked in coconut milk and with special Kerala fish tamarind, Kudampuli also know as Gracinia Cambogia-Gambooge. You can have Chemmeen Theeyal(prawns curry) using 14 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chemmeen Theeyal(prawns curry)

1. You need 1 cup of shallots chopped.
2. You need 1 kg of prawns.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of coconut grated.
4. You need of tamarind lemon sized ball.
5. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
6. It's 4 tbsps of Coconut Oil -.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of pepper.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of mustard.
9. Prepare 1 of curry leaves - stalk.
10. It's 5 of green chilli -.
11. It's 1 of corriander powder tbss.
12. Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric.
13. You need 1/2 tsp of chilli powder.
14. It's 1 tsp of salt.

To know more about kumdampuli read here. It is an essential ingredient in Kerala fish and seafood recipes. This prawns and drumstick curry is very easy to prepare, and tastes delicious with rice or flatbread. Clean and wash the prawns and set aside.

Chemmeen Theeyal(prawns curry) instructions

1. 1)Cook prawns in a cup of water along with salt and turmeric powder.2)When cooked, add tamarind pulp soaked in around 1 cup of water.3)Heat oil in a pan 4)Splutter mustard seeds.5)Add curry leaves,small onions, green chilies, ginger and garlic and fry, till the onions turn light brown.6)Add the above into the prawns.7)Heat up a pan.8)Add coconut, small onions, pepper  and fry well.9)When the coconut turns light brown, take the pan off the fire.10)Add chilly powder, coriander powder and saute....

Bring to a boil and add the prawns, curry leaves. Cover with a lid and cook until the prawns are done and the gravy is semi-thick. Prawns curry (Chemmeen Theeyal) is one of the best theeyals prepared by my mom along with another recipe which I posted long time back, ulli (shallots)theeyal. This recipe is also my mom's best preparation with prawns too. We as kids always devoured more rice that day whenever this dish was.