Spicy Black Pepper Dry Prawn Curry(Sri Lankan)
This is for the seafood lovers who are not afraid of food that can be messy to eat. A rich, black gravy made with crushed black pepper, ginger, garlic and Coconut milk, it’s a dish to try out on curry nights when you have a few friends that are feeling adventurous with their food.
Servings: 5 people
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 2 large Onions sliced fine
- 4 pods garlic crushed.
- 2 tbsp Ginger paste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tbsp Curry powder
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp fresh ground Black pepper
- 1/2 cup Coconut milk
- Salt to taste
- In a bowl mix two tablespoons of Vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of Salt to marinade the Prawns
- 500 g deveined, cleaned and washed Prawns
Instructions
- Marinading the Prawns
- Place the washed prawns in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and mix. marinade for at least 15-20 minutes.
- Place a pan over medium heat, heat it for a minute and pour in the Oil followed by the curry leaves and sliced Onions.
- Cook until the Onions turn translucent, this would take two to three minutes.
- While continuously stirring, reduce heat and mix in the garlic and ginger paste, turmeric, curry powder, sugar, black pepper to make a thick paste. Cook for 2 minutes making sure that the paste doesn’t burn.
- Pour in the coconut milk and stir in the curry paste until you have a thick gravy, check the taste of the gravy and season if necessary, cook the gravy until it reduces by half and turns dark in colour.
- Once the gravy has thickened and reduced, add the Prawns and cook for 5 minutes under low heat.
- Serve warm over rice or enjoy as it is.
Notes
How to devein large amounts of Prawns, the easy way.
The method of inserting a toothpick into gaps between the shell of the prawn and pulling out the icky stuff works and this is how you do it.
- remove the head of the Prawn and clean the shallow cavity.
- To clean the vein that runs along the spine, gently bend the prawn, once you bend it, find the gap between the shell where you can get to the fleshy part.
- Use a toothpick but a small cocktail fork works better, insert it into the gap and pull out the vein.
- It might take you a few minutes to get the rhythm of it but you will.
By 
ForthFocus™