Plain coconut juice curry

In the last few weeks I have shared a few coconut based curries on the blog. I cook different types of curries and its a regular item on my everyday menu. A few weeks ago I published the Plain red coconut curry. Well, today's curry is quite similar to it, the key difference being the usage of coconut milk versus ground coconut in the previous recipe. You may think, "What's the difference, coconut milk, fresh coconut, how different could the taste be?", well it does belong to the same taste palate, but a coconut milk based curry tastes much richer and has a creamier texture as compared to a curry where the coconut has been ground to a paste and used. The good news is you could turn this curry into a prawn curry by simply adding prawns and it tastes heavenly. Serve the curry with steamed rice, fried fish and any vegetable foogath and you will have  finger licking Goan/Mangalorean meal.

Recipe credit : Rozita Coutinho

Ingredients:

1. 1 Coconut - milk extracted or
2. 400 ml - coconut milk
3. Oil - 1 tbsp
4. Onion - 1 medium, finely chopped
5. Tomato - 1 medium, finely chopped
6. Green chilly - 1 or two, slit (optional)
7. Tamarind pulp - 1 tbsp
8. Stock cube - 1 no

For the masala:

1. Kashmiri chilly - 8 nos
2. Garlic - 6 cloves
3. Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
4. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
5. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
6. Peppercorns - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Grind to a fine paste the ingredients, mentioned under for the masala. Keep aside. Reserve the water used to rinse the grinder jar.
2. In a pan, heat oil, add the chopped onion and fry till light brown.
3. Add the tomatoes, and the ground masala, stir well and cook for two minutes. Add the stock cube, reserved water, tamarind pulp and the coconut milk.
4. Let it simmer for about twenty minutes, check for consistency.
5. If adding chilly, add it two minutes before putting off the flame.

Click on the recipe name for other curry recipes on this blog:
Plain red coconut curry
Coconut juice chicken curry
Tomato Saar (Recipe 1)
Tomato Saar (Recipe 2)
Prawn Caldeen Curry
Chicken/mutton Stew