Prawns-Mango Curry | Chemmeen Manga Curry

Prawns mango / Chemmeen manga curry is a common curry in Kerala.This is my MIL's delight.She prepares very yummy curry with prawns.She either grinds the grated coconut to a fine paste and adds to the curry or squeezes the coconut milk and then adds into it.Both are awesome recipes with raw mango.I generally tend to eat the raw mango slices more than the prawns.Its damn tasty with spice mix.

 
Here,in this recipe I have used her first method of grinding coconut into a fine paste.The recipe is good with any Indian staple food.



Ingredients
prawns 750 gms(before cleaning)
raw mango 1 peeled n sliced
ginger 1'' julienne or crushed
shallots 5-6 sliced or crushed
green chillies 4 slender cut
coconut 1/2 cup grated
kashmiri chilly powder 1 tbsp

hot chilli powder, 1 tsp

coriander powder, 1 tsp
turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
salt

to temper

shallots 3-4 sliced
oil 1-2 tbsp (preferably coconut oil)
curry leaves




Method

• Wash the prawns thoroughly with salt and lime juice. Rinse under running water. Add the prawns in a clay pot(mann chatti) and cook the prawns with a pinch of turmeric powder and salt in water for 7 minutes.
• In the meantime, grind the coconut to a fine paste.
• Add the shallots, green chillies, ginger, and garlic one by one to the cooked prawns.
• Add chilly powders, coriander powder on low flame, and bring to boil, add salt and sliced mango pieces. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the coconut paster and simmer again for 2-3 minutes on low flame. Switch off flame, once the gravy is slightly thick. The gravy thickens more as it cools down as mann chatti absorbs moisture.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry shallots till golden brown along with curry leaves. Pour over the curry.
• Serve hot with rice or chapathis.

Servings 4-5 adults



Sending this to The Kerala Kitchen event hosted By Magpies this month