Thai coconut prawn curry
- Published: 30 Sep 13
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Far better than a takeaway, this quick fragrant Thai curry recipe is delicious served with jasmine rice.
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Serves 4
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Ready in 40 mins
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Ingredients
- 1 onion, quartered
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3-5 long green chillies (depending on how hot you like it)
- 2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer leaves removed and insides chopped
- Zest of 2 limes
- Handful of coriander stalks
- 2.5cm piece of fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tsp shrimp paste (we like Thai Taste, from supermarkets)
- 200ml coconut milk
- 5 kaffir lime leaves (from larger Sainsbury’s)
- 500g raw, peeled sustainable prawns
- Fish sauce
- 2 tsp soft brown sugar or palm sugar
- Juice of 2 limes
- Fresh coriander sprigs to serve
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Method
- Whizz the onion, garlic, chillies, lemongrass, lime zest, coriander stalks, ginger and shrimp paste. Fry for 2 minutes, then add the coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves. Simmer for 15 minutes until thick.
- Add the prawns. Cook for 5 minutes until just pink, then add a good dash of fish sauce, the sugar and the juice of 2 limes. Top with coriander.
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- Recipe from October 2013 Issue
Nutrition
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 218kcals
- Fat
- 9.5g (7.6g saturated)
- Protein
- 25.9g
- Carbohydrates
- 7.3g (4.2g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.7g
- Salt
- 1.1g
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