Prawns Curry/ Chemmeen Curry

chemmeen-curry

‘Prawns curry’ is a yummy dish which is so easy to prepare.  You can serve it with rice, pulao, chapathi, paratha, bread, appam or idiyappam.  If ‘kudampuli’ is not available, substitute it with tamarind paste or tomatoes.

Ingredients

Prawns – 1/2 kg

Onion – 1 sliced

Ginger – 1 tbsp chopped

Green chillies – 2 slit

Curry leaves – 2 sprigs

Kudampuli – 2 pieces

Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp

Uluva/ Fenugreek seeds – 1/8 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Chilly powder – 3 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp

Thin coconut milk – 1 cup

Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup

Salt – to taste

Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

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Method

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.  When it splutters, add the onions, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves.  Saute till the onions turn golden brown.  Now add all the spice powders and fry till the aroma comes out.  Add the thin coconut milk, kudampuli and salt.  Mix well and add the prawns.  Cook covered till done.  Open the lid and add the thick coconut milk.  Mix well and turn of the fire.  Serve hot and enjoy!

Awards

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Dear Shanthi had honored me with this Award!


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Thank you Sarah and Priya for sharing it with me!!!

This award comes with the following rules:

I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it
I must list 10 honest things about myself
I must put a copy of the Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.
I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers and list their links
I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

Here comes 10 honest things about me:

1)I just love travelling and experiencing different cultures and cuisines…!
2) I am a very reserved person..
3)My life revolves around my family…
4)I love cooking but not eating… 😀
5)I am short tempered but my anger lasts only for a few hours… 🙂
6)I hate watching serials and masala movies..
7)I am very good at money management..
8)Would love to go to Australia since my son is going to be in Sydney…
9)I am ambidextrous.. I can use both my hands equally well which is a blessing indeed.. 🙂
10)I take my laptop with me whenever I am travelling…it has become a part and parcel of my life…!

I would like to pass this award to Ann, Preethi, Jeena, Cynthia, Bharathy, Kitchen flavours and Happy Cook

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Thanks a lot Priya for showering me with these Awards! So sweet of you, dear…

I would like to share these gifts with my dear friends  Happy Cook, Sarah, Viki, Prasu, Parita, Indrani and Hema

39 Comments
  1. Gosh!!!!!!!!
    As you said What a coincidence!!!
    We have a lot in common Lissie…
    All the best to ur son…i have ma brother in Brisbane..is he going for his studies?
    Congrats on all the awards!!! thanks a bunch for thinking of me too…
    Prawn curry superb!! i think the only difference we have is Kudampuli for Mango 😉

  2. Congrats on your well deserved awards .Prawn curry looks delicious .
    Thank you so much dear for passing an award to me .
    iam really honored to receive awards from you dear !!

  3. Nice to know about you, lissie…..congrats on your well deserved awards..thanks for sharing them with me..prawn curry looks amazing…I just love prawns and I love to try diff. recipe with it..will try yours sometime

  4. Congrats on all your awards Lissie… prawn curry looks awesome… nice tempting picture … was nice to know more about u 🙂

  5. Wow.. This prawn curry is a die for..

  6. you are right, Sarah…thanks a lot! yours is a mild curry whereas mine is a spicy one! 😀

  7. Thank you Prasu for your kind words! see you more often…

  8. Thank you Indrani for your encouragement! I am sure you will like it very much… 🙂

  9. Thanks a lot Padma for being supportive!

  10. welcome to my blog, Soma! plz try it and let me know…thanks!

  11. Am ready to finish that bowl Lissie, such a delicious dish…

  12. For the last times I tried to come here the page got stuck after i commenting.
    Thankyou for sharing the award and more about you. And sure i am making this chemeen curry.

  13. Congrats on your well deserved awards dear. Thanks for sharing them with me. Happy to know more about you. Chemmeen curry is an eye catcher. Lovely curry.

  14. ambidextrous skill…Great blessing dear. Best wishes for you to visit Australia soon:)

  15. I always love your curries Lissie and this one sounds delicious, the colour and texture looks wonderful

    Thank you so much for the award it is so kind of you to think about me. 🙂

  16. I am humbled by your bestowing this award on me. Thank you dear Lissie and I thoroughly enjoyed reading your honest MEME 🙂

  17. I forgot to mention how I am here drooling at the shrimp curry 🙂

  18. ayoo, vaayil vellamoorunnu. ithu kazhichittu orupadu nalayi 🙂

  19. Thank you Priya! I will send it over to you… 😀

  20. Thanks Happy! plz do make it and let me know…

  21. Thank you dear Viki for all the love and support you are giving me…!!! 🙂

  22. Thanks a lot Jeena! I love your recipes too…especially the cakes and pies! 🙂

  23. Thank you Cynthia! you are a dear old friend of mine!! 🙂

  24. Nags, you better make it soon… Thanks!

  25. prawn curry looks great… am gonna try it right away..

  26. Welcome to my blog, Radhika…do visit often.. 🙂 Thanks!

  27. Looks lovely and I’m sure it’s very tasty. Very similar to the curry we make in the Caribbean.

    Happy cooking.

  28. Thank you Chris! do visit again…

  29. chemmeen curry looks mouthwatering and spicy.

  30. Thanks a lot Praju! of course, it is a spicy and yummy curry… 🙂

  31. very tasty and the flavour is good.
    THANK YOU very much

  32. ohhhh prawn curry is absalutely wonderful thank u sooooooo much …………thanks a lot

  33. Lissie,
    This one came out nice. Whatever recipes I have tried so far (the ones that you have on this site), not just me but my whole family loved it :). My hubby wouldn’t even look at prawns earlier, he actually scolded me when I bought last time, but once I prepared and had it,he liked it so much.. Now I get to buy this every weekend 🙂 and he infact reminded me last weekend to buy prawns! Thanks to you and your wonderful recipes 🙂

  34. Lissie,
    This one came out nice. Whatever recipes I have tried so far (the ones that you have on this site), not just me but my whole family loved it :). My hubby wouldn’t even look at prawns earlier, he actually scolded me when I bought last time, but once I prepared and had it,he liked it so much.. Now I get to buy this every weekend 🙂 and he infact reminded me last weekend to buy prawns! Thank you 🙂

  35. Priya,

    Thanks a lot for trying my recipes! All the recipes posted here are the ones I make at home on a regular basis. So you can be sure of the outcome and taste is guaranteed! 🙂

    hugs,
    Lissie

  36. Dear Ma’am, the dish came nicely , instead of adding 3tsp chilly powder i added 1.5 chill powder and 1.5 kashmiri chilly powder,as we don’t use chilly too much.. thanks..it was really good.

  37. I have tried this recipe and it really tasted great… Thanks a lot…!!!

  38. Such a nice blog. I’m going to try your Chemmeen curry. I’m even going to be brave and use 3 tsp chilly powder!! The coconut milk should mellow it down.
    Thanks

  39. Rahul, Thanks a lot for your appreciation! If you want to make it milder, use Kashmiri chilly powder. But the taste will be different. Use kudampuli if you can. Go ahead and be brave! 🙂

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