Malai Prawn (Creamy Prawn Curry)
By Petrina Verma Sarkar, indianfood.about.com

This creamy prawn curry is a north Indian delicacy. The word Malai means that the curry will have coconut milk as the main sauce ingredient. Malai curry can be prepared with prawn, chicken as well as with egg. It can also be prepared with vegetables like cauliflower, parwal, potatoes etc. Serve with Jeera Rice.

1 pound large prawns
1 large onion
2 tomatoes
1 green chilli
1 tbsps garlic paste
1/2 tbsp ginger paste
1/2 tbsp garam masala
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1 cup coconut milk
1 1/2 tbsps single cream
1 1/2 tbsps vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil
Salt to taste

Grind the onions, tomatoes, 2 green chillies into a fine paste in a food processor. Heat the oil in a pan and add the paste to it. Fry for a minute.

Add the ginger and garlic pastes and fry for another minute. Add the spices and brown masala till the oil begins to separate from it. Add the coconut milk and bring to a boil. Add salt to taste.

Add the prawns and cook for another 2 minutes only. Turn off the fire and stir in the cream.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Jeera Rice or plain boiled rice.