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A delicious and mouthwatering dish made with prawn..   Ingredients: Tiger Prawn - 20-25 nos Onion - 1 ( Finely chopped) Tomato - 2 (Finely chopped) Ginger garlic paste -  tsp Green chilly - 2 Coconut milk- 1cup Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp Coriander powder - 1/2 tbsp Oil - 4-5 tbsp Curry leaves - 10-15 nos Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp Coriander leaves - few Salt - To taste   Method: * Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves and fry well * Add onion and fry till it turns golden brown in colour. * Add ginger garlic paste and  saute for 2-3 minutes. * Now add tomato's, red chilly powder, green chilly, turmeric powder, coriander powder , salt and mix well for 8-10 minutes till it is cooked. * Add prawns and mix well. now add coconut milk with half a cup of water * Cover and cook in low flame till masala  seprates  from oil . Finally add some coriander leaves..   Delicious Kerala Prawn

 Vatilappam is one of the most important food varities prepared on Ramzan and on some of the important occassions.  Ingrdients: Egg - 15 Sugar - 2 1/2 cup Tinned coconut milk - 400gm or (first milk taken from coconut-2cup) Vennila essence - 1 drop Cashew,Badam - 6 each Cardomom powder - 1 tsp Cashew,Badam - few for decoration Salt - a pinch Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp  Preparation: *Break all the eggs into a vessel. Powder the sugar. *Whip the above(eggs,sugar) in a mixie till the mixture is fluffy as a foam.Sugar must be dissolved completely. *To this add cardomom powder,salt,turmeric powder and mix well.  *Filter this mixture in a separate vessel and keep aside. *Add the coconut milk to the filtered mixture and mix well.  *Powder cashew,badam and add to the above mixture,also add the essence.Mix everything well.  *Grease the vessel with ghee and pour the prepared vatilappam mixture into it.  Cooking method - *Cover the Vatilappam vessel

 This tasty briyani is prepared during marriage and festive occasions in kayalpattnam.  Ingredients: Basmati rice - 1/2kg Onion - 1/4kg Tomato - 2 Green Chilli - 12 to 15no. Red chilli powder - 1Tbsp Cinnamon,Clove,Cardomom - 2 each Rambai leaf - 2 Lemon - 1 Ghee - 100gm Coconut oil - 50gm Salt - As required Curd - 1/2cup Mutton - 1/2kg Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/4cup Coriander,mint leaves - 1bunch  To Grind: Coconut - 1/4cup Poppy seeds - 10gm Cashew,badam,Pista - 10gm each --->Add little water and grind to a smooth paste.  Method: Step 1 *To the Mutton,add 2spoon curd,1spoon ginger garlic paste,mix well and keep aside for half an hour. Step 2 *For seasoning, keep aside the rest of the curd,ginger garlic paste,rambai leaf,cinnamon,clove,cardomom. Step 3 *Rinse and soak basmati rice for 20 minutes.In a heavy bottomed vessel heat oil,ghee and temper the seasoning  Step 4 *Now add onion,tomato,green chilli and saute till raw smell leave