Ingredients1.Prawns - 500gm
2.Ginger chopped - 1tsp
3.Shallots/Kunjulli - 1 cup
4.Kokum,kudam puli - 2 no
5.Oil - 2 tsp
6.Water - 1 cup
7.Salt
For the masala
1.Coconut - 1 cup
2.Green chilli -4
3.Shallots/Kunjulli - 4
4.Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
5.Chilli powder -2 tsp
For seasoning
1.Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
2.Red chillies - 2
3.Curry leaves
Preparation
1.Grind the coconut,green chillies ,turmeric powder,kunjulli,chilli powder in a mixi.Do not make it in to fine paste ,just grind it like that for our avial or thoran.
2.Then heat the oil in a pan or meenchatti and splutter the mustard seeds ,red chilli broken and curry leaves then add the chopped ginger to it followed by lots of shallots/kunjulli and then the cleaned prawns to it also add the kokum to it with 1 cup of water and salt.
3.When the prawns become half cooked add the coconut mixture to it and cook it for another 10 mts.Dry it if you want it to be like thoran.Now the chemmen thoran is ready to be served.
