Marwai Sukka

Ingredients

1 coconut scraped

15 red chillies

2 tbsp corainder seeds

1 tbsp cummin seeds

Fenugreek seeds (methi) around 10

Pepper corns 6-8

1 pinch oama (optional)

Pinch of turmeric powder

10 flakes garlic

Small ball tamarind

1 onion chopped

1 tbsp jeera

1 onion chopped

Salt to taste

For seasoning

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 onion chopped

8 flakes garlic,crushed

Mustard seeds 1 Tea Spoon

Method

Wash the shell fish (Marwai) and break the shell fish into two and keep only the part with flesh in it.

Fry the masala ingredients from 3 – 8 in a little coconut oil. Then grind all the ingredients from 3 – 12 to a fine paste. Remove the masala and add to the cleaned shell-fish. Grind coconut with jeera and garlic flakes to a rough paste. Remove.

Add chopped onion and salt to the shell-fish and cook till done. Add the rough coconut paste and cook on slow fire till it becomes almost dry.

Keep coconut oil in a vessel and add chopped onion and garlic flakes and fry. Add Mustard seeds. Then pour curry over seasoning. Cover and remove from fire