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           "A taste of Sri Lanka"
           By Indra Jayasekera
-------------------------------THAKKALI ISSO-------------------------------
---------------------------PRAWN AND TOMATO CURRY---------------------------
    450 g  Prawns

     50 g  Onion

      4    Garlic cloves

      2 sl Ginger

      1    Chile

      2    Tomatoes

      2    Clove

      2    Cardamom

     50 ml Oil

           Curry leaf sprigs
    1/2    Lemon grass stem

      1 ts Chile powder

      2 ts Paprika

      1 cg Cinnamon stick

    1/2 ts Fenugreek

      1 ts Salt

    1/2 ts Turmeric

    100 ml Coconut milk, thin

    100 ml Coconut milk, thick

      1 ts Lime juice

      1 ts Curry powder

  ===========================> Directions <========================
  Wash, shell and de-vein the prawns. Rinse under running water and pat dry.
  Chop the onion, garlic and ginger and slice the chile and tomatoes. Crush
  the cloves and cardamoms.
  Heat the oil and when hot add the curry leaves, lemon grass, onion, garlic
  and ginger. Cook for a couple of minutes then the tomato, chile powder,
  paprika powder, cinnamon stick, fenugreek, salt and turmeric. Add the
  prawns and mix well. Toss for about 5 minutes.
  Pour in the thin coconut milk, blend well and cook for 5 minutes Add the
  Coconut milk, thick and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with lime
  juice and teaspoon of curry powder before serving.
  ISBN 962 224 010 0