Curried Prawns

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 cup coconut milk or 1 cup coconut cream
• 5 -6 curry leaves
• salt
• lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons curry powder
• 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger, minced
• 2 lbs green shrimp
• 1 teaspoon rice flour or 1 teaspoon gravox, to thicken curry (these ingredients are mostly available from any asian grocery outlet.)

Recipe

• 1 method.
• 2 clean prawns (shell and de-vein).
• 3 gently fry fenugreek and curry leaves in heated oil.
• 4 add the onion, garlic, ginger and fry till onions turn golden, continually stirring evenly.
• 5 add curry powder, chilli powder and fry for a minute, then turn in coconut milk and ground rice (the ground rice must be blended with a bit of coconut milk), cinnamon, lemon juice and salt, and simmer for 15 minutes, adding the extra coconut milk if needed.
• 6 add the prawns, cover and allow to simmer for around twenty minutes.
• 7 for a'black curry' the curry powder and chilli powder must be lightly roasted, separately.
• 8 add salt and lemon juice to taste.
• 9 yields, servings and times are`guestimates'.
• 10 i have not recorded this info.