Name: Keralan-Style Shrimp/Prawns
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6-8 tbsp oil; 400 g/14 oz raw shrimp/prawns, tails removed and shelled; 4 tbsp rice flour; ½ tsp salt; Coconut Rice with Pomegranate; 2 tsp chili powder; 70 g/2½ oz fresh coconut, sliced; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tbsp ground coriander; 12-15 curry leaves; 1 tbsp garlic paste; 2 tsp ginger paste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Spice Collector’s Cookbook

By Vina Patel

Published 2024

About

My heart swelled with pride when my son’s friend tried this dish and said, “This is probably the best shrimp dish I’ve ever had.”

After an intense and atmospheric photoshoot in Gujarat for my first cookbook, From Gujarat with Love, my husband and I took a trip to Kerala, “God’s Country”, in July 2019. Our highlights were a tour of the spice garden, where we learned a lot about Indian spices a