Prawns with Mango & Drumstick / Chemmeen Manga Muringakka Curry

This is a Kerala special seafood delicacy  in which prawns/shrimps are cooked with raw mango and drumstick in coconut gravy. You can use any size of prawns for this, better use small size because it tastes more. Here I have used the tiger prawns. The most time consuming process is the cleaning of shrimps. Once you remove head, tail and shell of the shrimps, remove the vein by making a cut in the back ridge of it using a knife, grab it with your fingers and pull it back toward the tail of the shrimp. Rinse it in cold water and cook it right away.

Ingredients

• Prawns – 250 gram
• Raw mango – 1/2 of one
• Drumstick – 3
• Ginger – small piece
• Green chili – 1
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
• Chili powder – 1/2 teaspoon

To grind

• Coconut – 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds – 1/8 teaspoon
• Shallots – 2
• Green chili – 1
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

To season

• Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
• Dry red chili – 2
• Shallot – 5

Preparation

1. Grind the ingredients to a fine paste with 1/4 cup of water.
2. Add ginger,green chili,curry leaves,chili powder, turmeric powder ,salt ,drumsticks in an earthenware with 1 cup of water.
3. Cook until drumsticks are half cooked  then add shrimps and the mango pieces. When it is cooked add the ground paste with 1/4 cup of water. Bring it to a boil in medium flame, give a good stir and turn off.
4. Heat coconut oil in a  pan and add mustard, when it crackles add fenugreek seeds, dry red chilies , shallot and curry leaves.Saute until the shallots are golden brown.pour it on top of the curry.
5. Keep it closed for some time then serve it with (Kerala Matta) rice.