Prawn Roast

Prawn Roast is a famous Keralan dish flavoured with kokum and other spices. It is a spicy dry dish that goes really well with a bowl of steaming rice or chapati.

Ingredients

• 250 g Prawns
• 2 Onion (finely sliced)
• 1 Tomato (chopped)
• 2 Green chillies (slit)
• 1 inch Ginger (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp Garlic (finely chopped)
• 2 sprigs Curry leaves
• 1 Gambooge
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• 1 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp Coconut oil

Method

1. Soak gambooge in 1/4 cup water.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin, ginger and garlic; saute for half a minute.
3. Add sliced onions and curry leaves. When the onion turns light golden brown in colour add chopped tomato and green chillies and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Mix in kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder and saute for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle some water or add some more oil if the masala is too dry.
5. Add prawns and gambooge water, and mix well. Cook for another 5-6 min and serve hot with rice.

Notes: If you don’t have gambooge, substitute it with lemon juice.