Prawns With Dried Chillies And Cashew Nuts Recipes

PRAWNS WITH DRIED CHILLIES AND CASHEW NUTS

Steps:

• Lightly season prawns with salt and pepper. Add cornflour and toss well together to combine. Set aside.
• Place wok over medium low heat and pour in oil. Add in raw cashew nut and slowly heat the oil ( cashewnuts will be fried at the same time the oil is being heated up) Fry cashewnuts till it turns lightly golden and dish out before it begins to turn dark brown. Drain from oil and set aside.
• heat the same oil in the wok until hot and deep fry the prawns for 2-3 minutes. Remove and set aside.
• Put 2 tbsp oil in a clean wok and fry ginger and garlic until fragrant.Add onions and dried chillies. Fry for a minute. Pour in the sauce ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Add in the prefried prawns to the wok.Mix briskly. Thicken sauce with the cornflour mixture and toss in the cashewnuts. Dish out and serve hot with 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.

SHRIMP (OR CHICKEN) WITH CASHEW NUTS

Steps:

• Combine sauce ingredients and set aside.
• Mix shrimp with cornstarch.
• Heat oil*.
• Deep-fry shrimp (or chicken) until color changes.
• Drain.
• Remove.
• Deep-fry cashews in large strainer until light brown (about 30 seconds).
• Drain, Remove.
• Reheat 2 T.
• oil in wok.
• Fry chilies until dark brown.
• Add scallion and garlic.
• Stir-fry 30 seconds.
• Add onion, stir-fry 1 minute.
• Add green pepper, stir-fry 30 seconds more.
• Remove chilies.
• Pour in sauce, bring to a boil.
• Add shrimp (or chicken) and nuts.
• Mix until shrimp (or chicken) and nuts are glazed.
• Removed to serving platter.
• Serve over rice.
• *You don't HAVE to deep-fry the shrimp and cashews, I usually stir-fry them in 1 T.
• oil* I use peanut oil for this recipe.