Recipe: Yummy Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind
Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind. Luke Nair, head chef at The Oyster Box Hotel, cooks up a storm for the daily curry buffet. This chicken and prawn curry recipe is always a favourite - here's how to make it yourself. Goan Prawn Curry with Coconut is a spicy, sour curry that comes from Goa and is also called Ambot Tik.
I added Kokum in place of tamarind. This Keto Indian Chicken Curry recipe includes the common and classic South Indian combination of coconut and tamarind that will leave you wanting more! This particular pressure cooker chicken curry is a south Indian rendition of chicken curry. You can cook Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind
- You need 6 of chicken breasts, cubed.
- It's 1 kg of large prawns, shelled and deveined.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of oil - I use sunflower oil when making a curry.
- Prepare 1 of medium onion, finely chopped.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds.
- It's 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
- It's 6 of whole peppercorns.
- It's 4 of cloves.
- It's 6 of curry leaves.
- You need 1 of bay leaf.
- You need 1 tbsp of (heaped) ginger, garlic, chilli paste.
- It's 1 tbsp of curry powder (more can be added as per your preference).
- It's 1/2 tsp of tumeric powder (hurdee/ haldi).
- Prepare 3 of large tomatoes, grated (discard skins).
- You need 1 tbsp of corriander powder.
- It's 1 cup of tamarind "sauce" about 15 - 20 grms dissolved in a cup of warm water then strained & discarded the seeds & pulp. May be substited with about a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Note: tamarind gives an amazing flavour and thickens the gravy.
- It's 1 bunch of fresh corriander, chopped.
The combination of coconut milk and tamarind is. This creamy tamarind chicken curry tastes like a tangy and spicy Indian tomato soup. The best part is that you can make it in a crockpot. What I love about this curry is that it's so different.
Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind instructions
- Slightly heat oil in a pan then add in the cumin, mustard seeds, cloves, peppercorns and onion..
- Sautè until onion changes colour to a light golden brown..
- Add in curry leaves and bay leaf..
- Mix in ginger, garlic and chilli paste. Followed by curry powder and tumeric powder..
- Add grated tomato and allow to cook through..
- Mix in the corriander powder..
- Once cooked, add in tamarind sauce and allow to simmer for a few moments..
- Mix in chopped corriander..
- Place cubed chicken into gravy. When almost done, add in the prawns and allow to cook through..
- Serve with basmati or other rice of choice..
Chicken and tamarind curry is perfectly creamy and aromatic; a mild curry with a delicious tang from the tamarind. Top Tip for making Chicken And Tamarind Curry. If you're making ahead or freezing, don't add the coriander as it will discolour. Prawn and tamarind curry (Chemmeen vevichathu). Bring the flavours of south India to your kitchen with this mouth-watering fish curry.