Prawns (shrimp) In Tamarind Sauce

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 onion, sliced very fine
• 2 red chilies, seeded and sliced very fine
• 20 green king prawns, peeled and deveined with tail intact, can leave head on to if you wish (shrimp)
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 1/4 cup tamarind juice
• 2 tablespoons palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 spring onions, sliced (green onion)
• fresh coriander leaves, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in wok until smoking then add onion and chili and stir fry for 30 seconds.
• 2 add prawns and garlic, stir fry until prawns are just starting to colour, around 2 minutes.
• 3 add tamarind water, palm sugar and fish sauce and stir fry until the prawns are cooked and the sauce has slightly thickened, around 3 minutes transfer to a serving plate and garnish with the spring onion and coriander leaves.
• 4 serve with jasmine rice.