Theeyal is is prepared from a spice mixture of roasted coconut, coriander seeds, dried red chili and fenugreek. All the spices are ground to a paste and is cooked in tamarind water along with vegetables. The completed dish looks like a rich medium brown gravy and is normally mixed with rice.
Theeyal can be made with shallots alone, or you can include vegetables like drumsticks, ivy guard, potato or okra. But we are sea-food lovers and love to add Shrimps in this gravy.
Ingredients:
Shrimps- 300gms,Shallots- 10to15, Grated Coconut- 2cups, Garlic- 4cloves, Ginger- 1″piece, Fennel-a pinch, Green chilly- 4or5, Turmeric powder- 1/2tsp, Chilli powder- 2tspn, Coriander powder- 2tspn, Fenugreek powder- a pinch, Coccum- 3, Curry leaves, Salt, Oil
Method:
In a pan, add a tspn of oil. Add grated coconut and fry well.
Add Chilli powder, Coriander powder and saute well for about 2mins. Remove from fire and let it cool. Grind this mixture without water.
Meanwhile, in a glass of warm water, add coccum and keep aside.
In a clay pot (or a non-stick pan), add oil and when hot, add curry leaves, ginger, garlic and shallots. Saute. Add turmeric and fenugreek powder and mix well. Add green chillies too.
It is now time to add the shrimps. Mix well for couple of minutes. Add sufficient amount of water to cook the shrimps. Let it boil.
Now, add the coccum and water which was set aside earlier. Add the coconut mixture and salt. Cook covered till the gravy becomes thicker. It would take around 20mins.
Chef says: Make sure not to cook too much as the shrimps tend to go rubbery when overcooked.
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Sabina says
April 4, 2015 at 7:54 pmI love shrimp, so this looks great!!
Donna says
April 4, 2015 at 7:20 amThank you for the post! I love coconut but cant say that I’ve ever had coconut gravy- a must try for me!
nishasanjeev says
April 3, 2015 at 10:51 pmAiyooo Shalini, going through your post is a torture on self 🙂 How I love chemeen thiyal
Carrie-Anne says
April 3, 2015 at 8:30 pmCoconut gravy sounds great! I used to love shrimp, before I went kosher and vegetarian. It took a long time for me to stop missing it so much.
Bhavya says
April 3, 2015 at 6:01 pmThis is my favourite kind of theeyal 😀
Wendy says
April 3, 2015 at 5:33 pmMy favorite ingredients. This looks delish — I can almost smell it.
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life says
April 3, 2015 at 5:11 pmOoh that looks nice. I don’t know many recipes using prawns/shrimps so this looks like a good addition.
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Prasanna Rao (@prasannaprao200) says
April 3, 2015 at 3:03 pmI am a vegetarian but this dish looks so yummy that I’m tempted to jump over the fence and join the other side 🙂 The pics are amazing
aathira123 says
April 3, 2015 at 3:02 pmThis is one of my favorite dishes.. Minus the chemeen 😀 I like to have it as fry or roast. Also, we use the other puli (Vallom puli?) instead of cocum.
parulthakur24 says
April 3, 2015 at 11:13 amWow! That looks so yum that I want to have it now!! Gosh!! Mouthwatering 🙂 🙂
shanayatales says
April 3, 2015 at 9:07 amThis looks delicious , Shalini. SO hungry now. Not a good thing as I just finished dinner 🙁 😛
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Lata Sunil says
April 3, 2015 at 8:52 amI will try it out.. thanks for the recipe .. I am not so familiar with this.
Suzy says
April 3, 2015 at 5:18 amThat looks very yummy and makes me very hungry. Luckily it is lunch time and I will be eating soon.
Preethi Venugopala says
April 3, 2015 at 12:35 amOne of my favourite dishes. This made my tummy growl. 🙂
Shilpa Garg says
April 3, 2015 at 12:05 amI am not much of a sea food eater, but KG simply loves it! But this looks tempting and I am getting hunger pangs at midnight! 😀