Coconut Curry Shrimp at Avatar Indian Grill in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget
Shrimp lovers might like the spicy, sweet coconut curry shrimp at Avatar Indian Grill in Salinas, California for a lunch treat or delicious dinner over plain white rice. Highly seasoned coconut milk turns into a poaching curry gravy for this shrimp dish.
To give an idea of what coconut curry shrimp tastes like I looked up a similar recipe for shrimp poached in coconut milk with fresh herbs in Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni.
In this recipe, onions are caramelized in oil with garlic, fresh ginger root, green chiles (amount may vary), turmeric, and ground coriander added to the onions and cooked for several minutes.
Sweet coconut milk is added to these spices and allowed to thicken into a curry gravy. Fresh, peeled, and deveined shrimp are then added to the coconut curry and are allowed to poach until cooked. When the coconut curry is done, it is served over white rice.
Coconut curry shrimp comes from the southwestern coastal state of Kerala, India according to Julie Sahni in Classic Indian Cooking, which gives Salinas residents and visitors a chance to try delicious Indian regional food at Avatar Indian Grill.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
