SUNGTA ANI TORACHE HOOMAN
PRAWN CURRY WITH GREEN MANGO
Ingredients:
Peeled prawns 300 grams
Unripe green mango1 medium
Turmeric powder 1/2 tablespoon
Ginger-garlic paste 1/2 tablespoon
Grated coconut1 cup
Dried red chilies 8
Coriander seeds 1 tablespoon
Peppercorns 30
Oil 3 tablespoons
Curry leaves 6
Green chillies, slit 2
Onion, chopped 1small
Coconut milk 1 cup
Salt to taste
Method:
1. Marinate the prawns in a mixture of turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt for fifteen minutes. Peel and cut the mango in half and each half horizontally into two pieces.
2. Grind the coconut, red chillies, coriander seeds and peppercorns with one cup of water to a fine paste.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan; add the curry leaves and green chillies and stir-fry for one minute. Add the onion and sauté till brown. Add mango pieces and half cup of water and cook for three minutes till mangos are soft.
4. Add the prawns and cook for two minutes till prawns are tender. Add the ground paste, salt and half a cup of water and bring it to one boil.
5. Stir in the coconut milk and simmer for two minutes.
6. Serve hot with rice.
Note: If the left over curry is to be refrigerated, the raw mango pieces from the curry is to be kept separately to avoid extra sourness.
SOLKADI
Kokum and Coconut Milk Refresher
Ingredients:
Kokum rinds20
Coconut milk4 cups
Garlic 12 cloves
Green chillies 4
Black peppercorns 12
Chopped coriander leaves 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Method:
Soak the kokum in one cup of water for twenty minutes.
Process the coconut milk, garlic, green chilies, peppercorns and salt in a blender till smooth. Strain the mixture.
Squeeze the kokum to extract the juice and discard. Add the kokum water to the coconut milk.
Serve cold or at room temperature, garnished with coriander leaves.
Serves 4
N.B.: Instead of kokum water, add one tablespoon of bottled kokum juice to one cup of coconut milk. The rest of the ingredients remain same.
This pale mauve blend of tangy kokum and silky coconut milk is served mostly in Hindu Goan homes. It is a natural digestive and antacid.
