Thakkali isso (prawn & tomato curry)

Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients:

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
1/2 Stem lemon grass
1 ts Chilli powder
2 ts Paprika
1 Cm cinnamon stick
1/2 ts Fenugreek
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Turmeric
100 ml Thin coconut milk
100 ml Thick coconut milk
1 ts Lime juice
1 ts Curry powder

Instructions:

Wash shell and de-vein 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