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Friday, December 21, 2007

Prawn Pumpkin in Coconut

Ingredients
500g medium or large size tiger prawns
500g pumpkin, cut into cubes
1 large onion, blend
1 garlic, blend
2 fresh chillies, blend
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
200ml coconut milk
1 - 2 cups of water
a bit of cooking oil
salt to taste

How To:
1 Blend the onion, garlic and chillies in a food processor.
2 Clean prawns, trim whiskers and cut pumpkins into cubes.
3 In a pot, heat a bit of cooking oil. Fry the blended ingredients, tumeric powder
and lemongrass. Fry till fragrant.
4 Add coconut milk and 1 cup of water. Bring to simmer
5 Add the cube pumpkins and cook for a few minutes till pumpkins are just soft.
6 Add the prawns in, if gravy is too thick you may like to add a bit more water.
Bring gravy to a simmer making sure prawns are well cooked.
7 Add salt to taste. Serve hot with steam rice .

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