Prawns in Coconut Gravy

Ingredients

Cleaned Prawns – 500 gm

Onion cut into small pieces – 1 big

Green chilli cut into small pieces – 3 small

Coconut – 1 full coconut

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – 3 tsp

Water – 1 ½ cup

Sugar – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Coconut oil – 2 tbsp

Method

Mix and marinate the prawn pieces with turmeric and salt. Marinade for an hour. Heat oil in a pan, add in the marinated prawns and fry them till it gets done. In the pan, put some oil and fry onions and green chilli till it turns golden brown. Add red chilli powder and mix well. Add prawns and sauté well. Mix the grated coconut with water in a mixer/ grinder and take the thick and thin milk out of it. Pour the thin coconut milk into the pan and let it simmer & get cooked till done. When the gravy thickens & on seeing that the prawns and the gravy are well mixed & in the right consistency, do add in the thick coconut milk. Just let it to simmer and don’t cook for too long. Take out from flame and serve with chapatti or rice.