Chemeen Peera /Shrimp with coconut

Ingredients:

1. Shrimp - 1 cup cleaned and deveined
2. Grated coconut - 1 cup
3. Cocoum - to taste
4. Red chilly powder - 2.5 tsp
5. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Ginger - 1/2 inch piece crushed
7. Garlic - 5 cloves crushed
8. Shallots - 3 crushed.
9. Curry leaves - 2 springs
10. Salt - to taste

Method:
Mix all the ingredients together .
Add 1/2 cup water - the water that you soak the cocum/tamarind in should be sufficient.
Cook until most of the water is absorbed and the shrimp is cooked.
Serve with rice.
Tastes better cooked in a manchatty (earthernware pot) and the next day.