King Prawns In Swahili Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Place the washed basmati in a heavy-based medium saucepan. Add the juice of 3 limes, the chopped coriander stalks, 400ml coconut milk and salt to taste. Add just enough water to make the liquid in the pan come level with the rice.
• Bring the rice to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Cover tightly, remove from direct heat and set aside for 15 minutes by which time the liquid will be absorbed and the rice cooked through.
• Toss the prawns with the remaining lime juice and set aside to marinate briefly.
• Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Add the lemon grass, ginger, garlic, shallot, chillies, garam masala and turmeric and fry, stirring often, until the shallot has softened.
• Add the remaining coconut milk and the plum tomatoes. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Increase the heat and add the king prawns. Cook for a further 2 minutes, turning the prawns to ensure even cooking.
• Serve the prawns with the coriander rice, garnished with the coriander leaves.

Steps:

• Make the sauce. Tip the cashews and almonds into a saucepan and just cover with cold water. Boil gently for 20 minutes until slightly softened. Tip the nuts and water into a food processor and blend.
• Heat the ghee or butter in a heavy saucepan, add the bay leaf, cardamoms and onion and fry for 8-10 minutes until golden. Add the ginger and chilli and fry for a minute until fragrant. Add the turmeric and fry until the onion turns yellow, which should take another minute. Now stir in the nut purée and cook the paste carefully, stirring regularly until yellow. Pour in 150ml of the fish stock and simmer for 2-3 minutes. As the sauce turns glossy, add the infused saffron, sugar and cream, sprinkle in the garam masala and season with salt. Simmer for a few more minutes. The sauce should be too thick to pour, but thin enough to spoon, so you may need to dilute it with more fish stock. (The sauce can be made up to an hour ahead.)
• Tip the prawns into a bowl, and mix in a sprinkling of salt and all the ingredients for the first marinade. If this looks dry, add a drop of water. Set aside for 10 minutes. Heat the oil in a large pan and sear the prawns for 20 seconds so they curl up. Remove and set aside to cool.
• Mix ingredients together for the second marinade, toss prawns in it (they can be left for up to 1 hour).
• Preheat the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Pierce a long wooden skewer through the tail of each prawn and thread it through to the tip of the head. Prop the skewers on a roasting tray and roast for 6-8 minutes until lightly charred. Meanwhile, reheat the sauce and add more stock if it is too thick. Serve the prawns on a large plate in a pool of sauce for people to help themselves, with the extra sauce and pilau rice in bowls.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan.
• Add the ginger, lemongrass, chilli flakes and cook for one minute.
• Add the curry paste and stir well, and cook for two minutes.
• Add the coconut milk, fish sauce and chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to a strong simmer and add the mushrooms. Simmer for 8-9 minutes.
• Add the prawns. If your prawns are already cooked, then heat through for no more than 2-3 minutes, or they will become tough. If raw prawns are being used, cook until they are completely turned pink and then two minutes more.
• Stir in the coriander for the last minute of cooking.
• Serve with jasmine rice.

Steps:

• In a 12 inch frying pan over medium high heat the oil.
• Add the chilli and garlic and cook for 3 minutes.
• Add king prawns and cook, turning so they cook evenly on each side, until they are only just pinked through.
• Lift out the king prawns and put to one side.
• Add to pan the shallots, tomatoes, black pepper, stock, wine and cream.
• Simmer on a medium to high heat (do not cover) until reduced, around 10 minutes.
• Add the king prawns back in, then the basil and stir until heated through.
• Serve spooned over your favourite type of pasta (fresh pasta is a must), sprinkled with freshly grated parmesan cheese and garlic bread for mopping up the sauce.

Steps:

• Place fish sauce, vinegar and caster sugar in a saucepan with 4.5 fl oz water and bring gently to boiling point. Allow to cool and stir in lime juice.
• Heat a frying pan and add the oil. When hot, add prawns and toss gently for 2-3 minutes, until they are completely pink. Dish on to a large plate and scatter with mint leaves and some sea salt.
• Serve with the dipping sauce.