- 25 small size prawns 2 cups grated coconut 1 teaspoon coriander seeds 4 black peppercorns 3 red chillies A pinch of asafoetida (hing) 1 teaspoon tamarind pulp 2 drumsticks or 1 radish or ½ raw mango(cut into pieces) 1 small onion chopped finely Salt to taste
Goans love their fish curry rice very much. The preparation for each curry varies according to the taste of the fish. Some variety of fish has strong fishy smell and by using ginger or triphala we try to kill the smell. Some Goans use ginger garlic paste in their prawn curry but I personally enjoy mine as per the Sungtan che hooman recipe given below. The secret of making a good prawn curry lies in grinding the coconut to a fine paste.
METHOD:
- Clean and shell the prawns / sungtan. Apply salt and keep them aside for 15 minutes
- Grind to a fine paste grated coconut, turmeric powder, coriander seeds, peppercorns and red chillies.
- In a pan add 2 cups of water, onion and the drumsticks. Cook till drumsticks are done.
- Add a pinch of asafoetida or hing.
- Now add the prawns to the above and cook till the color of the prawns changes.
- Add the ground coconut paste, salt and tamarind pulp. Cook the curry for 5 minutes.
- The prawn curry is ready to be served with steamed rice.
English: Shrimp, prawns
Italian: gamberetto
Persian: meygu
Spanish :gamba,langostino,camaron,cigala,quisquilla y quisquillon
French: une crevette
In Portuguese: camarão.
In German: Garnele
polish: krewetka
Turkish: karides
In Vietnamese: tôm/shrimp, tôm he/prawn
Finnish: katkarapu
Arabic: ruubyaan
Japanese: ebi