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Prawn curry

Coconut, tamarind, and prawns in for the last three minutes only.

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Goan-leaning, with coconut

35 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 500g raw prawns, peeled
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • Thumb of ginger
  • 2 tsp turmeric
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 2 green chillies
  • Oil

What you do

  1. 1Brown the onions properly, 12 minutes, then the garlic, ginger and chilli.
  2. 2Ground spices in for 1 minute, then the coconut milk and tamarind. Simmer 15 minutes so it thickens and loses its raw edge.
  3. 3Prawns in for 3 minutes. Three. They go from perfect to rubber in about ninety seconds after that.
  4. 4Salt at the end, rice underneath.

Twenty minutes

20 minutes · serves 2 · Very easy

What you need

  • 300g prawns
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp curry paste
  • Lime
  • Coriander

What you do

  1. 1Fry the paste in oil for 1 minute until fragrant.
  2. 2Coconut milk in, simmered 10 minutes.
  3. 3Prawns 3 minutes, lime and coriander off the heat.