Goa Prawn Curry

Goan Prawn Curry (Goan Sambharachi Kodi)

Serves 4

Ingredients
1 kg cleaned and shelled prawns.
Grind to paste
1 grated coconut 4 dry red chillies
1-heaped tsp cumin ½ tsp turmeric powder
Crush together
3-4 chillies ¾ tamarind water (made with lime-sized ½ inch piece ginger ball of tamarind)
1 larger chopped onion Salt to taste

Method

  1. Mix the masala paste and the crushed masala together in a pan and cook, adding water whenever necessary, for about 20 minutes.
  2. Then add the cleaned and shelled prawns to which salt has been added and simmer till prawns are cooked.
Nutrient Composition Per Serving
MACRONUTRIENTS
MICRONUTRIENTS
Energy (Kcal) 357 Carotene ( μg ) 14.5
Protein (g) 49.65 Vitamin C (mg) 2.06
Carbohydrate (g) 9.88 Mg (mg) 10.83
Fat (g) 13.09 Na (mg) 166.1
Fibre (g) 2.08 K (mg) 692.06
Minerals (g) 4.83 Mn (mg) 0.08
Calcium (mg) 827.8 Zn (mg) 0.12
Phosphorus (mg) 778.4 Cr (mg) 0.004
Iron (mg) 14.4

Modification

Reduce the amount of coconut used.
Ingredients
1 kg cleaned and shelled prawns.
Grind to paste
1 grated coconut 4 dry red chillies
1-heaped tsp cumin ½ tsp turmeric powder
Crush together
3-4 chillies ¾ tamarind water (made with lime-sized ½ inch piece ginger ball of tamarind)
1 larger chopped onion Salt to taste
Nutrient Composition Per Serving
MACRONUTRIENTS
Energy (Kcal) 301
Protein (g) 49.09
Carbohydrate (g) 8.26
Fat (g) 7.89
Fibre (g) 1.63
Minerals (g) 4.7