Coconut Mallum

  

 Ingredients

·          1 1/2 tspn Maldives fish (umbalakada) or small shrimp (kunisso).

·          1/2 onion sliced.

·          2 cups shredded coconut.

·          1 sliced green or red chillies.

·          Salt to taste.

·          2 tspn tamarind juice.

·          1 piece of sliced goraka.

·          little bit of red chilli powder.

·          1/2 tspn Turmeric powder.

·          1/2 tomato sliced.

·          few curry leaves and a small piece of rampe.

·          1 cup water.

   Method

·        Add Maldives fish, sliced onions, sliced chilli, tomato, salt, tamarind juice, sliced goraka, little bit of red chilli powder and curry leaves into a pan with 1 cup water and bring to a boil. While its boiling mix coconut and turmeric powder. When the maldive fish is cooked add the coconut mix into the curry and cook for a while stirring all the time. When the coconut is well cooked remove from the stove. This goes well with String Hoppers or Rice packets.