Prawn Pulao (A)

Ingredients	For 4	For 100
Prawns	1kg	25kg
Peas	450gms	11kg
Pulao rice	400gms	11kg
Onions	115gms	2.8kg
Red chillies	2	50gms
Cloves, cinnamon, cardamom	2gms	15gms
Fat	50gms	1.25kg
Coconut	½	12
Turmeric	a pinch	15gms
Salt	to taste	80 – 100gms

Shell prawns. Remove intestines. Wash thoroughly, smear with turmeric and salt; keep aside. Shell peas. Grind together chillies, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom. Scrape coconut and extract milk. Wash and soak rice. Heat fat, fry sliced onions; when brown, add prepared prawns and peas. Cook with lid on for about 10 minutes. Add rice and fry. Add coconut milk, ground spices, salt and enough hot water (twice the amount of liquid to rice). Cook till rice is done and all the water has been absorbed. Serve hot.