Summer Suppers: Coconut Curry with Prawns

Summer Suppers: Coconut Curry with Prawns

By Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights Cookbook
This begs for a garden, tea lights, a balmy night and an Indian summer. Failing that, a candle, friends and a picnic blanket on the kitchen floor.
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Ingredients

12 total
  • 1 tbsp of dessicated coconut
  • 1 tbsp of groundnut or sunflower oil
  • 0.5 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, peeled and chopped
  • 0.5 green chilli, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 tsp of curry powder
  • 350 g of peeled raw prawns
  • 400 ml of light coconut milk
  • 3 limes, juiced
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 good handful of fresh coriander, chopped
  • 1 pinch of pepper

Method

5 steps
  1. Step 1

    In a large pan, heat the oil and sweat the onion and garlic for a few minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Add the chilli and curry powder and cook on low for another few minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Add the prawns and cover with the coconut milk. Cook for 10 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Stir in the lime juice and desiccated coconut.

  5. Step 5

    Taste and season, and when you are ready to serve, cover with the coriander.