Koli style Prawn curry
11:45 PM
Gifts from Blogger Buddies #1
If couple of posts back I sounded bitter with my anger
towards photo theft then let me make it up with today’s post, a post full of sweetness and love sent in the form
of carefully selected gifts from my blogger friends. I have always mentioned
that if there are few bad people then there are plenty of good hearted human
too and today I must talk about one of them. She is none other than my very
dear friend Anjali Koli of Annaparabramha.
Though I have never met Anjali in person but she holds a
special place in my heart. I don’t know how I sound on my page but basically am
a very shy and private person. and don’t know why but am never comfortable or
confident around people I have never met personally. But with Anjali and some
others in the blog world the thing is very different.
When Anjali and I started interacting both of us were in
Bangalore yet we could not meet and then I shifted to Kolkata and she to her
native place Mumbai. Her blog chronicles a beautiful journey where she writes
about the food she cooks, the pets she cares about, the crafts she makes, the tradition and culture of her Koli
community and about a beautiful place called Thal, A serene village in Raigad
district of Maharashtra. If you ever have read a single post from her blog you
will agree with me that her write ups are a joy to read.
Her recipes are simple and her style of writing is very
close to heart, bears the rustic aroma of traditional Marathi and Koli cuisine.
Recently she has started helping some self help women groups in Mumbai and this
year her Diwali faral hamper was a roaring success. If you are in Mumbai do not
give these traditional sweets and snacks a miss (During Diwali). It’s a great thing even to
bring smile to your families living in India. Her newest project is authentic
spice mixes and the fist mix in offer is this Koli masala. I am lucky to have
received few samples of it. Not to
mention along with many other gifts for me.
This Koli spice is extremely flavourful and could be used
for both veg and non-veg dishes. I
discussed with Anjali and decided to go for this lobster dish called PochachaKanji from her blog. I tried to follow her recipe as much as possible but had
to replace a few things. The outcome is simply stunning. It was quite spicy yet
my always spice hating son kept on eating and chanting, “I have grown up
and mumma now I can eat spicy food “.
Same with the husband, he loved it and inquired about the next time am planning
to prepare this. My next try would be her mushroom dish with this same spice
mix.
To order her spices and the Diwali hampers you can write to her at Annaparabrahma@gmail.com
To get regular updates of what all are in offer you can like her Facebook page here
Pochacha Kanji
Ingredients:
Prawns: medium sized; 200 gms
Coconut: ¼ cup
Coriander leaves: handful
Red chillies: 2-3 or as per your heat quotient
Garlic paste: 1 tbsp
Koli masala: 1 tbsp
tamarind paste: 2 tbsp
Salt
Turmeric powder
Oil: 1 tbsp+1 tsp
Method:
Clean and wash the prawns. Mix in little salt and turmeric
and keep aside.
In a grinder make a thick paste of the red chilies,
coconut and koli masala and coriander. Mix this with the prawns, also add a
spoonful of oil to it. keep aside for 15 minutes.
Mix the garlic paste with 2 tbsps water.
Heat 1 tbsp oil and add the garlic paste. Sauté till oil
starts to separate at the sides and the raw smell of the garlic is gone. Add the
prawn mixture and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes. Keep stirring so that the
spice is cooked through.
Add ¾ cup of water and tamarind paste. Mix and cook on
medium for another 2-3 minutes.
Serve hot with steamed white rice.
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13 comments
Lovely vibrant delicious dish
ReplyDeletenvr heard of this masala... love the dish and wanna try it... looks greatr...
ReplyDeleteSayantani I am glad you and family like the Masala and the recipe. By the color and the oil on top you score a 10/10! If you ever serve it to a koli they will pat your back.
ReplyDeleteTouchwood! May our friendship grow and we will meet one day. Yes even now I remember how we missed meeting at Kormangala Durga pujo.
You shower so much love on us friends and you deserve more.
Love n hugs
Wow..great to know about Anjali's venture. I love prawn curries, and this looks yum.
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of Anjali's Swachhanda ... much before I actually saw Anna parambrahma. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe dish looks so so great Sayantani ... ekkhuni bhaat diye mekhe khete icche korche.
well presented dish... Thanks for visiting my space :)
ReplyDeletelooks sooo delicious n inviting...
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ReplyDeletesuch a warm red color makes this curry even more inviting, great :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for introducing this new dish ! looks great !
ReplyDeleteKoli food is really exciting and has some amazing seafood, given that they are the original residents, the fisherfolk of Bombay, when it used to be several small islands.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this recipe. Looks amazing and am sure will taste as well. Am bookmarking it for a cold rainy day!