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King prawn and tomato curry
- Prep time:
- 20 min, plus soaking and marinading
- Cook time:
- 35 min
- Serves:
- 4-6
Try Luke Nguyen’s quick recipe for a beautifully fragrant prawn curry with fresh and sweet tomatoes
Tips and suggestions
- Cooks Tips...
- Leaving the heads and tails on the prawns really adds to the overall flavour of this dish.
Ingredients
- 6 large unshelled raw king prawns, deveined with head and tail intact
- pinch turmeric
- 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- 5 red Asian shallots
- 3 garlic cloves
- 4 cm galangal
- 3 dried chillies, soaked in hot water for 10 mins
- 3 tbsp peanut oil
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 4 ripe tomatoes, sliced
- 125 ml water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- coriander, for garnish
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Method
1. Coat the prawns with pinch of turmeric, salt and fish sauce and marinate for 10 minutes.2. Pound the shallots, garlic, galangal and chilli in a mortar and pestle into a fine paste. Heat peanut oil in a wok or saucepan and add the paste and turmeric powder then sauté on low heat for 15 minutes until slightly caramelized.
3. Mix in tomatoes, water, sugar, paprika & fish sauce, then allow to simmer for 10 minutes or until sauce is thick.
4. Add prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve.















This recipe is classed as easy
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