Goan Prawns Curry Recipe hails from Goa and is a classic fish curry made with prawns or any fish. This Goan Prawns Curry is also known as Sungta Human or sungta hooman curry in the local language of Goa.
Goan Prawns Curry Recipe goes well with pao, steamed rice and fry fish. We club the curry with some vegetable, fry fish and pickle sometimes. I could just eat this curry with rice without any extra side dish.
Since it’s season of mangoes you could add raw mangoes. Else you could add kokam or tamarind paste. I have used tamarind paste for the curry. I have apparently tried goan prawns curry, prawns curry in coconut milk, prawns biryani, prawn curry, prawns fry, butter garlic pepper prawns, prawns curry south style and prawns pulao.
Goan Prawns Curry Recipe is a comfort meal and could be made easily at home. Generally spices like dry red chilies, coriander seed, coconut, coconut milk is used. Also some more spices are used which are easily available in your kitchen or any Indian store.
You could check some more fish recipes like dry shrimp curry with raw mango, mandeli curry, mandeli fry, dry clams, shark fry, fish ambotik curry, fresh bombay duck curry and crab curry.
If you are looking for some more prawn recipes on my blog like prawns biryani, prawns fry, prawns curry,south indian prawns curry, butter garlic pepper prawn, achari prawns and goan prawns pulao.
Goan Prawns Curry Recipe card below:
- 2 tbsp oil
- 250 gms peeled prawns
- 3 tbsp tamarind pulp or 1 raw mango chopped length wise into 2 pieces
- ½ onion chopped
- 5-6 curry leaves optional
- 1 and ½ cup coconut milk
- few chopped coriander leaves
- salt as per taste
- 1 cup water
- ½ inch ginger
- 4 - 5 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp coriander seed
- 7 dry kashmiri red chilies
- 16 peppercorns
- 1 cup fresh grated coconut
- ½ onion chopped
- 1 t/s turmeric powder
- Marinate prawns with little salt and keep aside.
- Combine all the ingredients for the paste into a grinder with a cup of water. Grind to a fine and smooth paste.
- Heat oil in a vessel. Once oil is hot add curry leaves, half chopped onion and saute until they change color.
- Add the ground paste, raw mango or tamarind paste, salt, green chilies and prawns.
- Cook for 2-3 mins or until the prawns are cooked and tender.
- Time to add coconut milk and simmer for 2 mins on low heat.
- Switch off the gas and don't over cook else the coconut milk might cuddle.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve the goan prawns curry with rice and fry fish.
2. The consistency of the curry is nor too thick nor too thin. You could add water accordingly.
3. If you love spice then add more of dry red chilies while grinding.
Prakash says
Maria – if I use tomatoes – can I still add the coconut milk?
maria says
Prakash you can use tomatoes provided you cook them till tender. Add the coconut milk towards the end and switch off the gas, else the curry might cuddle. Hope this information helps you.
Shobha Praveen says
Thanks Maria for the delicious recipe. I tried it out and it come out to be just yummy….I really like ur receipes and today I will try kothabir vadi…will let you know once done.
maria says
Shobha pleased to know you liked the Goan prawns curry recipe a big thankyou for you kind and positive words 🙂 surely try and let us know how kothimbir vadi was? take care and see you soon.
Alisha says
Hi Maria,
The recipe states add green chillies and prawns but doesnot have how many green chillies . I am not too fond of spicy food so will the dried red chillies suffice??
Please let me know.
Regards,
Alisha
maria says
Alisha, you could skip the green chilies no issues. Do let us know how it was? but when you add 1-2 green chilies during the tempering the spice of the green chilies reduce. You don’t like spice then just skip it. Hope this help’s you.
Priyanka says
Wonderful recipe with easily available ingredients… I tried it and it turned out to be utterly delicious. My husband loved it.
maria says
Quite pleased to know this Priyanka thankyou so much and glad your husband loved the prawns curry 🙂
Rajiv says
Lovely…my first attempt at cooking a goan dish…family loved it…cooking it again today…many thanks!
maria says
Rajiv glad to know your family loved the curry 🙂 thanks and you are welcome….
babita says
Maria the curry came out super delicious!!!!
maria says
Thankyou Babita 🙂
zairabi says
I tried it today n it was too good. Thanks
maria says
you are welcome Zairabi 🙂
gunmeher says
Hi. … how many tomatoes do we replace the mangoes with?
maria says
Gunmeher you could add 2 tomatoes instead. Hope this helps you.
Suma says
i tried this recipe….its deliciuos! perfect measurements..
maria says
Thankyou Suma for trying and you are welcome 🙂
sandeep says
Lovely receipe
maria says
welcome Sandeep 🙂
Suma says
Its come out delicious! thank you…..