Wednesday, October 1, 2014

King Prawns Moqueca


Ingredients:

24 uncooked frozen 'Black Tiger' King Prawns
1 clove garlic
2 onions
2 tomatoes
1 green or yellow bell-pepper
1 small red chili-pepper
1 lime peel and juice
1 bunch fresh coriander
200ml coconut milk
3 tbsp palm or rapeseed oil
1 tbsp 'cachaça' or rum
Salt

Preparation:


Defrost the prawns, peel then rinse.
Sprinkle with salt, crushed garlic, lime juice and chopped peel and leave in fridge for 30 minutes.
Peel the onions hull the tomatoes and de-seed peppers.
Slice onions and peppers. Chop the chili-pepper finely. Dice the tomatoes.
In a deep frying pan cook the onions and pepper in the oil. Add the tomatoes and 'Cachaça' and reduce by half.
Add coconut milk and chopped chili-pepper and cook for 10 minutes.
Add the prawns with the marinade and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with finely chopped coriander and serve with Basmati rice.