Recipe and source notes

Green Prawn Curry

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Green prawns
  • 3 Cloves garlic
  • 1 cm piece ginger
  • 4 Spring onions, roughly chopped
  • 3 tablespoons Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Ground coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon Fennel seeds
  • 3/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 cup Coconut cream
  • 1 cup Coriander leaves, chopped

Make it step by step

  1. Peel the prawns, leaving the tails intact. Slit open along the back and remove the dark vein. In a food processor, gring the garlic, ginger, spring onions and chillies to a paste with the oil. Transfer to a medium-sized pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the ground coriander, fennel and mustard seeds and coconut cream and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water to the garlic and spice mixture, cook uncovered over a medium heat for about 4 minutes.
  2. Add the prawns are just tender and turn pink. Stir in the chopped coriander, serve immediately with rice.

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Adapted from Foodista by Helen Pitlick, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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