A very popular Goan dish in which freshly roasted spices and coconut are ground together with tamarind juice and then combined with sauteed onion and shrimp.
Goan Style Shrimp Curry Recipe
Course: MainCuisine: Indian, GoanDifficulty: Medium8
servings25
minutes30
minutesGoan style shrimp curry is a delicious recipe in which shrimp is cooked in spicy coconut sauce.
Ingredients
1 pound of shrimp
1 medium onion chopped
1 tsp of ginger chopped
1 tsp of garlic crushed
3-4 dry red chilly
1 tsp of coriander seeds
1 tsp of cumin seeds
1/4 cup of scraped coconut
1-2 green chilly
1/2 tsp of turmeric powder
Small ball of tamarind soaked in warm water
1-2 tsp of lemon juce
Salt to taste
1 TBsp of oil
Directions
- Marinate shrimp with lemon juice, salt and turmeric for 15-30 minutes.
- Soak the tamarind in warm water for half an hour, then mash it and strain all the juices in a bowl.
- Roast coriander, cumin, coconut, red chilly until the coconut is nice and brown . Grind it with tamarind juice, ginger and garlic.
- Heat oil in a pan and add onions and green chilies and cook until the onion is golden brown.
- Then onion are done,then add ground spices and stir for few minutes about 2 minutes. Add little water if you want gravy and let it come to boil.
- Toss in the shrimp with little salt and cook for about 2-3 minutes, until it starts to curls up and become little pink .