How to Cook Raw Shrimp with Shell on? | KETO Spicy Prawn Curry
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Recipe type: Non-Vegetarian
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Serves: 2 People
 
Ingredients
  • Shrimp - 250g
  • Onion - 50g
  • Garlic cloves - 4 or 5
  • Curry powder - 1 ½ tablespoon
  • Fenugreek seeds - ¾ teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
  • Thick coconut milk - 100ml
  • Thin coconut milk - 200ml
  • Thin tamarind juice - 100ml
  • Curry leaves - Few
  • Salt - As you want (KETO people use Himalayan Pink Salt)
  • Cooking oil - As you wish (KETO people use Organic Coconut Oil)
Instructions
  1. Rinse the shrimps and cut the tail, legs, and half of the head.
  2. Slice the onion and garlic cloves. Also, prepare thick and thin coconut milk and thin tamarind juice. Besides, get ready with curry powder, fenugreek seeds, turmeric powder, salt, and curry leaves.
  3. Heat the oil and add onions. Saute them till the onion turns translucent. Then add garlic and saute them for 30 seconds. After that, add curry leaves and fenugreek seeds. Saute them until the onion turns golden.
  4. Now, add shrimp, turmeric powder, and salt. Mix well.
  5. Cook covered under medium flame for two minutes.
  6. Add curry powder, tamarind juice, and thin coconut milk. Give a mix and cook covered under high flame for four minutes.
  7. Finally, add thick coconut milk and cook covered under low flame for two minutes.
  8. Taste the curry and adjust the salt if needed.
  9. This is how to cook raw shrimp with shells in Sri Lankan style. Serve and enjoy this spicy shrimp curry.
Notes
1. After cooking, don’t eat shrimp with the shell, which may upset your stomach. Take off the shell patiently and eat.
2. You can adjust curry powder according to your taste.
3. Thick coconut milk is not a must, but it adds a bit more taste to the curry.
4. I instantly made coconut milk. If it is hard, use coconut milk powder or bottled coconut milk.
Recipe by Top Sri Lankan Recipe at https://www.topsrilankanrecipe.com/how-to-cook-raw-shrimp-with-shell-on-keto-spicy-prawn-curry/