This is a prawn recipe cooked with colocasia leaves. It has a spicy flavor from mustard and green chilies and nutty flavor from poppy seeds.
It tastes exotic and unique refreshing due to the addition of coconut and colocasia leaves.
Ingredients
- 10 to 12 prawns
- 2 tbsp. poppy seeds soaked in water
- 2 tbsp. yellow mustard seeds
- 3 green chilies
- 1 cup fresh coconut (or desiccated coconut)
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- salt as per taste
- 2 to 3 tbsp. of mustard oil
Instructions
- De-vein and chop the colocasia leaves
- Boil and strain
- marinate the prawns with turmeric and salt
- make a paste of mustard and 2 green chilies
- make a paste of poppy seeds and 1/2 cup coconut
- make a fine paste of 1/2 cup coconut and strain
- Fry the prawns lightly in mustard oil
- Heat 1 tbsp. of mustard oil
- fry mustard paste followed by poppy seeds paste
- add the boiled leaves and fry
- Add coconut milk
- Add in the prawns .
- Saute lightly ,cover cook till the flavors marry
- Add 1 split green chili
- serve hot with rice
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This is a prawn recipe cooked with colocasia leaves. It has a spicy flavor from mustard and green chilies and nutty flavor from poppy seeds.
It tastes exotic and unique refreshing due to the addition of coconut and colocasia leaves.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 2
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 10 to 12 prawns
- 2 tbsp. poppy seeds soaked in water
- 2 tbsp. yellow mustard seeds
- 3 green chilies
- 1 cup fresh coconut or desiccated coconut
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- salt as per taste
- 2 to 3 tbsp. of mustard oil
Instructions
Instructions
-
De-vein and chop the colocasia leaves
-
Boil and strain
-
marinate the prawns with turmeric and salt
-
make a paste of mustard and 2 green chilies
-
make a paste of poppy seeds and 1/2 cup coconut
-
make a fine paste of 1/2 cup coconut and strain
-
Fry the prawns lightly in mustard oil
-
Heat 1 tbsp. of mustard oil
-
fry mustard paste followed by poppy seeds paste
-
add the boiled leaves and fry
-
Add coconut milk
-
Add in the prawns .
-
Saute lightly ,cover cook till the flavors marry
-
Add 1 split green chili
-
serve hot with rice
