Shrimp Molee

Overview
Traditional Kerala dish usually made with fish. Here I have used shrimp but any kind of fleshy fish can be used for this dish. Made with coconut milk and tomatoes this dish has unique taste and goes well withe plain rice or the Kerala appams.

Shrimp Molee

Ingredients
Shrimp large - 2 pounds
Red Onion - 1 large - thin sliced
Ginger - 3 inch piece - thin sliced
Green chillies - 8 - 10 - split in center
Plum tomatoes 3 - cut into thick slices
Curry leaves - 3 sprigs
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoons
Red Chilly powder - 2 teaspoon
Fresh grated coconut for coconut milk - 1 1/2 cup
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 2
Cinnamon - 1 2 inch piece
Whole black peppers - 1/2 teaspoon
Fennel seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Olive oil - 4 tablespoons

Steps
1. Grind the fresh grated coconut in one cup warm water in a blender and squeeze out thee the coconut milk - 1 cup thick first milk(squeezed first time) and 1 cup second milk( squeezed second time)

2. Peel clean and devein the shrimp and keep aside.

3. Heat oil in pan. When the oil gets hot add the dry spices( cinnamon, cardamon, black pepper fennel seeds and cloves) to it  and saute few minutes and then add the the sliced onions, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves to the oil. Saute till the onions are soft.

4. Add the red chilly powder and turmeric to the sauteed onion mixture and saute few minutes. Add the second coconut milk to this with shrimp and salt. Bring it to a boil and simmer and cook till the shrimp is cooked. Do not overcook the shrimp.

5. Add the thick sliced tomatoes and the first coconut milk and bring it to a boil. turn of the heat .

Serve hot with plain rice or appams