Caribbean Shrimp And Banana Curry Recipes

CARIBBEAN PRAWN AND BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Sizzle the oil with chopped onion, sliced ginger, crushed garlic, curry powder, allspice, and thyme for a few minutes until fragrant.
• Next, add sliced chillies, chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, and a bit of water. Simmer the curry for 10 minutes.
• Add the bananas sliced into chips to the curry and cook for 5 minutes.
• Tip in the prawns and lime juice, then cook the curry for a further 5 minutes. Serve with steamed rice and garnish with thyme.

SHRIMP WITH BANANA CURRY AND STEAMED COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, add peanut oil and heat. When the oil is hot, add the shrimp and saute quickly, just until they start to turn pink, but are not cooked through. Remove the shrimp from the pan to a plate.
• Add the garlic, ginger, green onion, lemongrass, apple, galangal, and bananas to the same pan and saute until soft with no color, about 4 minutes. Add cumin and curry powder and saute for 1 minute. Add the lemon, lime, and orange juice along with the tamarind paste, coconut milk, and cilantro. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Strain the sauce and return to the heat. Add the Thai basil and kaffir lime leaves.
• Place the shrimp in the sauce and cook until just heated through. Place some rice on each plate. Top the rice with 3 shrimp and surround with the sauce.
• Rinse the rice 2 or 3 times and drain well. Set up a bamboo steamer on the stove. Place the rice in a metal bowl and fill with boiling water until the water is 1/2 inch above the rice. Place the bowl in the steamer and steam until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the cooked rice from the steamer and cool slightly. To the slightly cooled rice, add the butter, orange zest, cumin, and coconut. Stir until well mixed and add the saffron. Before serving, stir in the cilantro.

CARIBBEAN SHRIMP CURRY WITH COCO LOPEZ

Steps:

• In a large skillet, add butter, onions and ginger -- cook until tender. Stir in flour; gradually adding half and half - whisk until smooth. Add cream of coconut, curry, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Add lemon juice, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 20 minutes. Add shrimp and cook 5-10 minutes (just until shrimp are pink - don't over cook). Serve over rice and garnish with cilantro. You could add some chopped macadamia nuts on top as well.

SAUTEED SHRIMP WITH CURRIED BANANA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat the 2 oz cooking oil over medium low heat.
• Add the onion, celery and garlic and saute without coloring for about three minutes.
• Add all the spiced and saute white stirring for another minute.
• Add the fruit and chicken stock and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Puree the sauce in a blender until it is liquid and then strain through a sieve.
• Keep warm over low heat.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper over the shrimp.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter and oil over medium high heat.
• Add the shrimp and saute, shaking the pan back and forth until the shrimp turn pink and are firm.
• Don't over cook them.
• Place 6 shrimp over each serving of rice or noodles.
• Spoon some sauce over each dish.