Goan Prawn curry in coconut milk

Recipe courtesy: BigFatTummy

Ingredients:

Onion finely chopped - 1 med sized
Tomato finely chopped - 1 med sized
green chillies slit - 3
Kokum - 5 petals
Oil - 1 tbsp
Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup

salt - to taste

1/2 kg prawns - Cleaned and deveined
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

For Masala:
Coconut grated - 1 cup
Garlic - 2 big cloves
Tamarind soaked in hot water - marble sized ball
Bedgi red chillies - 6
Kashmiri Red chillies - 2
Black peppercorns - 10
Corriander seeds - 1 tbsp
cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
turmeric - 1/2 tsp


Step 1:
Apply 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp turmeric to the prawns and keep aside.

Step 2:
Grind all ingredients listed under masala to a fine paste using 1/2 cup water

Step 3:
In a vessel, add oil and saute the onion and 2 green chillies on medium heat till light golden.

Step 4:
Next add the ground masala paste and saute for a minute.  Add 400 ml hot water and 1 tsp salt and mix well.  Let curry come to a boil.

Step 5:
Next add in the prawns.  When curry starts boiling again, add kokum petals and let curry boil for another 5 minutes.  Then switch to low heat.

Step 6:
Add remaining green chilly and the thick coconut milk and let the curry cook on low heat for another 6-8 minutes. (Keep heat low otherwise coconut milk with split).  Garnish with cilantro.