Valentine's Day Recipes
Passionate Prawn Curry
This exotic Passionate Prawn Curry will really awaken your taste buds and enliven a romantic dinner.
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound (450g) prepared prawns
- 1 onion, skinned and sliced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 red chiles
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ounces (50g) ghee or cooking oil
- 10 fluid ounces (285ml) coconut milk
- 5 fluid ounces (140ml) water
- Pinch of ground cumin
- 1 inch (2.5cm) turmeric
- 1 inch (2.5cm) green ginger
- 1 tablespoon tamarind juice
- Hot cooked rice
Instructions
- Heat the ghee or cooking oil in a pan and add the sliced onion.
- Fry the onion until a golden brown, then add the prawns and continue cooking until the prawns are browned. Sprinkle the salt over the prawns then add the spice ingredients and mix.
- Dilute half the coconut milk with the water and pour over the prawn mixture. Simmer the prawns until tender then add the remaining coconut milk and tamarind juice.
- Stir and serve while hot on a bed of plain boiled rice.