Prawns in Spicy Coconut Sauce

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== Description ==
Yield: 1 servings
== Ingredients ==
* 14 oz canned coconut milk
* 8 dried, red chile peppers
* 2 tsp cumin seeds
* 2 tsp coriander seeds
* 1 tsp turmeric
* 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
* 6 garlic cloves, minced
* 5 tbsp peanut oil
* 1 lg onion, thinly sliced
* salt
* 1 lb prawns, shelled, de-veined
== Directions ==
# Process the grated fresh coconut or the desiccated coconut with 3½ cups hot water in a food processor.
# Drape a piece of folded cheesecloth over a bowl and pour the coconut mixture into the cheesecloth.
# Strain the liquid, squeezing the pulp to extract as much milk as possible.
# This is thick coconut milk; set aside.
# Pour 2½ cups hot water over the coconut in the cheesecloth and squeeze to extract more milk into another bowl.
# This second extract is thin coconut milk. Set aside.
# If you are using canned coconut milk, skip this step and proceed with the recipe.
# Grind the chile peppers, cumin and coriander seeds in a spice grinder and set aside.
# Process the thick coconut milk (or canned coconut milk) with the ground spices, turmeric, ginger and garlic; set aside.
# Heat the oil in a heavy, shallow pan.
# Add the onions and cook until the edges begin to turn almost reddish brown (about 15 minutes), stirring frequently.
# Add the coconut-spice mixture and cook until the liquid evaporates and oil separates from the paste.
# Cook this paste for 10 more minutes, stirring constantly.
# Stir in the reserved thin coconut milk (or 2 cups water, if you have used canned coconut milk) and let simmer until reduced to a creamy sauce. Add salt to taste.
# Stir the prawns into the sauce and cook a few minutes until the prawns are just cooked.
# Serve with steamed rice.
=== Grated fresh coconut ===
# Pierce the eyes of a fresh coconut and drain off the liquid.
# Put the coconut in a preheated 375 °F oven for 20 minutes.
# Break it open with a hammer and separate the meat from the hard shell in large pieces.
# Break the pieces into smaller ones and, using a vegetable peeler, peel the brown skin off the meat.
# Grate the coconut meat in a food processor.
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