Prawns In Cashew Coconut Curry Sauce Recipes

PRAWN & COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Fry the onions, ginger and garlic in the oil for about 10 mins. Stir in the turmeric and coriander, then fry for 1 min more. Tip the mixture into a blender with the tomatoes and creamed coconut, then blend to a purée.
• Return to the pan with 300ml water, the chutney, chilli and pepper and simmer for 10 mins. You can freeze it at this stage.
• Stir in the prawns and cook for a few mins more until they turn pink - take care not to overcook them or they'll become tough. Add the coriander, then season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice just before serving.

PRAWNS COCONUT CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• To prepare Prawns Coconut Curry Recipe, begin by making a paste of fennel, pepper, ginger and garlic by adding a little water.
• Heat a Kadai or meen chatty with oil. Once hot, splutter mustard seeds.
• Add the above paste and saute till the raw smell leaves.
• Add curry leaves, green chilli and chopped onions. Saute till onions turn translucent.
• Add in chopped tomatoes and cook till tomatoes turn mushy.
• Add in tamarind paste. Add coriander powder and chilli powder and mix for a minute.
• Add second and third milk extract of coconut. Add salt and bring it to a boil.
• Add cleaned and deveined prawns. Cook for 4-5 minutes.
• Now add first milk extract of coconut and mix well. Do not boil. Once it is heated enough take it off flame and garnish prawns coconut curry recipe with chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve Prawns Coconut Curry with hot steamed rice.

AROMATIC PRAWN & CASHEW CURRY

Steps:

• Put the onion, ginger, garlic, chillies and coriander stalks in a small food processor, or pestle and mortar, and mix to a paste. Meanwhile, heat the butter or ghee and oil in a large pan. Add the paste to the pan and stir-fry for 5 mins to soften. Add the garam masala and cook for a further 2 mins until aromatic.
• Meanwhile, toast the cashew nuts in a small pan until golden. Tip half into the food processor and blend until finely ground. Set aside the remaining cashews.
• Add the blended cashews, the tomatoes and the chicken stock to the pan. Season and bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, covered with a lid, for 45 mins. Add the prawns and cook for a further 2-3 mins until they turn pink, then add the yogurt and double cream and stir well. Scatter with the coriander leaves and the remaining cashew nuts, and serve with rice and naan bread.

CREAMY COCONUT CURRY WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp and saute until they just turn pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove shrimp from the skillet and set aside.
• Add onion and bell pepper to the skillet and cook until crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Whisk in flour, curry powder, pepper, and salt. Cook, whisking constantly, for 1 minute.
• Gradually whisk in chicken broth and coconut milk; continue cooking over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in cooked shrimp and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until shrimp are thoroughly heated. Serve curry immediately over rice.

COCONUT PRAWNS

Steps:

• Shell and devein and butterfly prawns-leave the tail if possible.
• In a bowl beat together the eggs, milk and hot sauce.
• Combine flour, salt and sugar on a separate plate and put the coconut in a bowl.
• Dip each prawn in: flour mixture first, egg mixture second, coconut third.
• At this point they can be placed on waxed paper and refrigerated until ready to cook.
• OR Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, and fry to golden on each side.
• Serve with warmed jalapeno pepper jelly or cocktail sauce.

CURRY-COCONUT SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large, nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion, red pepper, and garlic until vegetables begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
• Season with cumin, coriander, and curry powder. Cook for 1 more minute. Stir in coconut milk, sugar, and crushed red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered for 2 minutes.
• Stir in shrimp, and increase heat to medium-high. Cook and stir until shrimp is cooked through, about 4 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water. Stir into shrimp mixture, and cook until sauce has thickened, about 1 minute. Stir in cilantro, and remove from heat.

JHINGA NISHA (PRAWNS IN SAFFRON, CASHEW NUT AND ALMOND SAUCE!)

Steps:

• Drop almonds and cashewnuts in 2 separate pans of boiling water.
• Boil for 30 minutes and drain.
• Peel the almonds by slipping them out of their skins and place in a food processor with the boiled cashewnuts.
• Whiz until they form a paste.
• Meanwhile, peel, wash and de-vein the prawns by making a small incision down the length of the back of each prawn and removing its black digestive cord.
• Wash and pat dry.
• Crumble saffron into warm milk.
• Leave to infuse.
• Remove the tiny black cardamom seeds and grind to a fine powder.
• Set aside.
• Heat the ghee in a wide pan over medium-high flame.
• Saute the onions until golden and the oil starts to separate from them.
• Add chillies and ginger.
• Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring regularly, then mix in the nut paste (prepared above) and keep stirring until the ghee separates out and the paste leaves the sides of the pan.
• Add the prawns and 2 tbsps.
• of cold water.
• Keep stirring, adding a further 2 tbsps of cold water two or three times, until the prawns begin to turn pink and the sauce is a nice consistency.
• Mix in the saffron-milk mixture, season to taste and simmer for a minute until prawns are cooked.
• Finally, add the cream and once hot transfer to a serving dish.
• Sprinkle with cardamom powder and fresh green corriander leaves.
• Serve hot with steamed Basmati white rice.