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Kerala spiced seafood spaghetti

Keralas spiced seafood spaghetti pasta is not native to Kerala, but this sauce and its spicing are brilliant with pasta. The spiced seafood spaghetti pasta is alive and kicking. Quite simple and one of my favourite.

Kerala spiced seafood spaghetti instructions to cook.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients to make Kerala spiced seafood spaghetti:

• 300g spaghetti pasta
• 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
• Turmeric powder ½ teaspoon
• 10-15 curry leaves
• 2 large garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• Small piece of ginger (finely chopped)
• 1 small red chilly (finely chopped)
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• Sea salt flakes to taste
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
• 2 tomatoes deseeded (finely chopped)
• Small piece of kokum
• 60 ml coconut milk
• 500 gm raw king prawns (peeled)
• 10 basil leaves
• ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon dried red chilli flakes
• Corn flour 1 teaspoon

Method to make Kerala spiced seafood spaghetti:

1. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water with little vegetable oil (according to the instructions on the pack)
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves and allow to crackle and pop. Toss in garlic, ginger and chopped red chilli and cook for 30 seconds without letting the ingredients brown.
3. Once the garlic has softened add the onion and sauté over high heat for five minutes. Add turmeric powder and chilli powder. Cook it for a couple of minutes.
4. Add the tomato and cook for another 3-4 minutes until the moisture is absorbed and the mixture starts to turn glossy.
5. Add the coconut milk followed by kokum, sugar and salt. Bring it to a boil.
6. Put the prawns and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, for about 3- 5 minutes until the prawns change pink in colour.
7. If the sauce is too light you can add a bit of cornflour to thicken it.
8. Toss the pasta into the prawn mixture.
9. Tear in basil leaves, stir and season with pepper flakes.
10. Spicy shrimp pasta is ready to serve.

Note:

• Always mix cornflour in a bit of water before adding to the dish.
• Corn flour is easy to mix in lukewarm water.
• Add cornflour into the pan only when the coconut milk boils.
• Always add oil in boiling water while cooking pasta, it prevents the pasta from sticking together.

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