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Creamy Sri Lankan Prawn Curry

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Asia cooking
 · 29 Mar 2022
Creamy Sri Lankan Prawn Curry
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Creamy Sri Lankan Prawn Curry

😋 Creamy Sri Lankan Prawn Curry

"You’ll have dinner on the table in just half an hour with this 30-minute curry, and the flavours won’t suffer in the slightest from the speed! Serve with a crispy, flaky roti, fluffy naan bread or some steamed rice."

Recipe: https://www.marionskitchen.com/creamy-sri-lankan-prawn-curry/

Ingredients

  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 4-centimeter piece ginger, roughly chopped
  • 1 large mild green chilli, roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons curry powder (mine: hot one)
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 tomato, finely chopped
  • 1 cup coconut cream
  • 1 cup chicken Stock
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 400 g (14 oz) peeled and deveined prawns/shrimp
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • sea salt
  • coriander/cilantro leaves, to serve


Steps
Use a mortar and pestle to pound the garlic, ginger, chili and a pinch of salt to a very rough paste.

Heat the oil in a wok or saucepan over medium heat.

Add the garlic paste and cook, stirring, for half a minute.

Then add the curry powder and tomato paste and stir for another half a minute.

Add the tomato and cook for about 2 minutes to allow the tomato to soften.

Then add the coconut cream, chicken stock and cinnamon stick.

Simmer for about 8 minutes.

Add the prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the prawns are cooked through.

Season with sugar and salt to taste.

Serve topped with coriander.

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