Recipe - Thakkali Isso (Prawn And Tomato Curry)

450 g Prawns
50 g Onion
4 Cloves garlic
2 sl Ginger
1 Chilli
2 Tomatoes
2 Cloves
2 Cardamoms
50 ml Oil
sprig curry leaves
One half Stem lemon grass
1 teaspoon Chilli powder
2 teaspoon Paprika
1 Cm cinnamon stick
One half teaspoon Fenugreek
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Turmeric
100 ml Thin coconut milk
100 ml Thick coconut milk
1 teaspoon Lime juice
1 teaspoon Curry powder

Wash, shell and devein the prawns. Rinse under running water and pat dry.
Chop the onion, garlic and ginger and slice the chilli and tomatoes. Crush
the cloves and cardamoms. Heat the oil and when hot add the curry leaves,
lemon grass, onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for a couple of minutes then
the tomato, chilli powder, paprika powder, cinnamon stick, fenugreek, salt
and turmeric. Add the prawns and mix well. Toss for about 5 minutes. Pour
in the thin coconut milk, blend well and cook for 5 minutes Add the thick
coconut milk and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with lime juice and
teaspoon of curry powder before serving. From: "A taste of Sri Lanka" by
Indra Jayasekera, ISBN 962 224 010 0

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