Kooni Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with Baby prawns and Drumstick Leaves.
Kooni Murungai Keerai Thoran
Hubby has been talking about this baby prawns called as kooni for a long time. I have never seen them or used them too. But he told that they cook it along with drumstick leaves like they cook drumstick leaves thoran. And one day he bought me a parcel, when i opened it there were a bunch of baby prawns.
I asked the recipe from my mother in law and tried it. It turned out pretty great actually. So i thought of sharing it with you all. Try it and let me know how it turns out for you..
Ingredients for Kooni Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe
- Coconut Oil - 2 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
- Curry leaves a small handful
- Drumstick Leaves / Murungai Keerai - 2 cups
- Baby Prawns / Kooni - 300 grams
- Salt to taste
For Masala:
- Fresh Coconut - 1 cup Grated
- Dry Red Chilli - 4
- Garlic - 2 pods
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
How to make Kooni Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe
Start by washing the baby prawns really well, there will be lots of sand on them. Squeeze all the water and set aside.
Grind the ingredients given for the masala to a coarse mix, dont add water.
Heat oil in an earthernware kadai. When they are hot, add in mustard and urad dal and let them pop.
Add in onions, curry leaves and saute for a couple of mins. Add in salt and saute again for a couple of mins.
Now add in the drumstick leaves and saute for a couple of mins. They will wilt immediately.
Once they are wilted, add in the baby prawns and mix well.
Saute this for 5 mins or so on a very high heat.
Now add in the ground masala and toss well for another 2 to 3 mins on high heat.
Serve this with rice.
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Kooni Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- 1 medium size chopped finely Onion
- Curry leaves a small handful
- 2 cups Drumstick Leaves / Murungai Keerai
- 300 grams Baby Prawns / Kooni
- Salt to taste
- For Masala:
- 1 cup Grated Fresh Coconut
- 4 Dry Red Chilli
- 2 pods Garlic
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
Instructions
- Start by washing the baby prawns really well, there will be lots of sand on them. Squeeze all the water and set aside.
- Grind the ingredients given for the masala to a coarse mix, dont add water.
- Heat oil in a earthernware kadai. When they are hot, add in mustard and urad dal and let them pop.
- Add in onions, curry leaves and saute for a couple of mins. Add in salt and saute again for a couple of mins.
- Now add in the drumstick leaves and saute for a couple of mins. They will wilt immediately.
- Once they are wilted, add in the baby prawns and mix well.
- Saute this for 5 mins or so on a very high heat.
- Now add in the ground masala and toss well for another 2 to 3 mins on high heat.
- Serve this with rice.
Kooni Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe step by step picture
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Wash your baby prawns really well, because there will be lots of sand on them |
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| A Close look at them, they are so tiny.. |
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| First lets make the masala, take coconut in a blender |
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| add dry red chillies |
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| cumin seeds |
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| garlic cloves |
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| grind it to a coarse mix, dont add water |
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| Heat coconut oil in a earthern ware kadai |
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| add in mustard and urad dal |
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| After the seeds pop, add in onions and curry leaves |
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| saute for couple of mins |
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| add salt |
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| saute for couple more mins till the onions shrinks |
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| add in cleaned and washed drumstick leaves |
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| give a quick toss in the oil, it will shrink |
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| now add in baby prawns |
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| mix well |
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| keep stiring on high flame for 5 mins |
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| now add in the coconut masala |
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| stir again for 2 to 3 mins on high heat |
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| Now everything is well combined and looks done |
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| Serve |
Anonymous
how to clean the shells and dirt thing which is on it top
Aarthi
@AnonymousThis is small prawns and it just needs only washing, so wash it well it lots of water. You dont have to remove anything from it.
Diana
@Anonymous No need to clean the skins of those tiny Kooni shrimps, they are negligible in your digestive system
Anonymous
Really tempting aarthi
Anonymous
My favorite