Just thought I want to share this great recipe. I just love curry. One
thing good about Malaysian food is that the flavour taste like fusion
of different cultures.

If anyone's interested, I found quite a lot of recipes from this
website: www.allfromasia.com


Prawn Curry

* 300g large prawns (cleaned)
* 1/2 coconut (2 cups milk)
* 3 shallots (thinly sliced)
* 2 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)
* 2.5cm ginger (thinly sliced)
* 3 tablespoons curry mix powder
* 2 sprigs curry leaves
* 1 tablespoon pounded fried coconut
* 1 star anise
* 2.5cm cinnamon stick
* 6-8 tablespoons cooking oil
* Salt to taste


1=2E Heat oil in a pot.
2=2E Saut=E9 sliced ingredients, curry leaves, curry powder, star anise
and cinnamon stick till fragrant.
3=2E Slowly add coconut milk. Cook until the oil separates.
4=2E Add prawns.
5=2E Sprinkle pounded fried coconut and salt to taste. Let it simmer for
a few minutes.
6=2E Dish up and serve hot with boiled white rice.

Serves 3-4

In oups.com,
> typed:

> Just thought I want to share this great recipe. I just love
> curry. One
> thing good about Malaysian food is that the flavour taste like
> fusion
> of different cultures.


This sounds good, but what is "pounded fried coconut"? Do you
have to fry and pound it yourself, or is it something you buy?


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Ken Blake
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> If anyone's interested, I found quite a lot of recipes from
> this
> website: www.allfromasia.com
>
>
> Prawn Curry
>
> * 300g large prawns (cleaned)
> * 1/2 coconut (2 cups milk)
> * 3 shallots (thinly sliced)
> * 2 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)
> * 2.5cm ginger (thinly sliced)
> * 3 tablespoons curry mix powder
> * 2 sprigs curry leaves
> * 1 tablespoon pounded fried coconut
> * 1 star anise
> * 2.5cm cinnamon stick
> * 6-8 tablespoons cooking oil
> * Salt to taste
>
>
> 1. Heat oil in a pot.
> 2. Sauté sliced ingredients, curry leaves, curry powder, star
> anise
> and cinnamon stick till fragrant.
> 3. Slowly add coconut milk. Cook until the oil separates.
> 4. Add prawns.
> 5. Sprinkle pounded fried coconut and salt to taste. Let it
> simmer for
> a few minutes.
> 6. Dish up and serve hot with boiled white rice.
>
> Serves 3-4

"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In oups.com,
> > typed:
<snip>
> This sounds good, but what is "pounded fried coconut"? Do you
> have to fry and pound it yourself, or is it something you buy?

also known as kerisik, it's the white meaty/fleshy parts of the coconut,
grate it & fry it in a fry pan w/o oil till lightly brown, remove & wait for
it to cool before pounding. Or you can also fry desiccated coconut for the
same effect. Kerisik is used as a thickner as well as a flavour enhancer or
to make it more 'coconuty' in flavour for curry stews. Hope this helps.

DC.

In ,
DC. > typed:

> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In oups.com,
>> > typed:
> <snip>
>> This sounds good, but what is "pounded fried coconut"? Do you
>> have to fry and pound it yourself, or is it something you buy?
>
> also known as kerisik, it's the white meaty/fleshy parts of the
> coconut, grate it & fry it in a fry pan w/o oil till lightly
> brown,
> remove & wait for it to cool before pounding. Or you can also
> fry
> desiccated coconut for the same effect. Kerisik is used as a
> thickner
> as well as a flavour enhancer or to make it more 'coconuty' in
> flavour for curry stews. Hope this helps.


Thanks very much.

--
Ken Blake
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"DC." wrote:
>
> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In oups.com,
> > > typed:
> <snip>
> > This sounds good, but what is "pounded fried coconut"? Do you
> > have to fry and pound it yourself, or is it something you buy?
>
> also known as kerisik, it's the white meaty/fleshy parts of the coconut,
> grate it & fry it in a fry pan w/o oil till lightly brown, remove & wait for
> it to cool before pounding. Or you can also fry desiccated coconut for the
> same effect. Kerisik is used as a thickner as well as a flavour enhancer or
> to make it more 'coconuty' in flavour for curry stews. Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing!

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