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Quick prawn curry

A very quick way to prepare a creamy prawn curry with lime and spring onion.

98,3964.2/5 for 11 ratings

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Last modified on: August 12^th 2015

For 4 people, you will need:

0 300 g prawns
1 1 spring onion (scallion)
2 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 ½ lime
4 1 tablespoon curry powder
5 150 ml cream
6 parsley
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 675 grams

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20 min.	14 min.	34 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel 300 g prawns and cut into 2 or 3 pieces.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Peel and rinse 1 spring onion (scallion), then chop.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add the pieces of prawn, salt and pepper and cook for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Sprinkle the juice of ½ lime over and stir well.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add 1 tablespoon curry powder, stir well and cook for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 6

The curry powder will stick to the prawns, which is good.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Add the chopped onion.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Then pour in 150 ml cream, stir well and deglaze the bottom of the pan.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Leave to thicken to your taste over low heat. At the last minute, add the chopped parsley.

Check seasoning.

Stage 10

Serve piping hot, on a bed of rice, for example.

Remarks

The proportions are approximate, so do adapt them to your own taste, especially the curry powder.

It doesn't matter whether you buy the prawns raw or cooked. If they are already cooked, you will only need to brown them very briefly.

Keeping:

A few days in the fridge in a sealed container.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,049 Kcal or 4,392 Kj	62 gr	27 gr	77 gr
52 %	24 %	3 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
155 Kcal or 649 Kj	9 gr	4 gr	11 gr
8 %	4 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
262 Kcal or 1,097 Kj	16 gr	7 gr	19 gr
13 %	6 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.85 €
Per person : 0.96 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crispy prawn rolls, Vietnamese prawns, Prawn salad with a crunch, Spicy seafood plancha, Seafood sauerkraut, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgettes (zuchinis) , Almond mug cake for Mary, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Lobster Thermidor, Quartet of brassicas with cream , ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lumberjack turnovers, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Moussaka, Sliced chicken with mushrooms and broccoli, Croque-monsieur gourmand, ... All
	Spring onion (scallion): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crispy prawn rolls, Paimpol salad, Springtime mixed salad, Lebanese Tabbouleh, Kérinou slices, ... All

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