Name: Red curry with prawns
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 kilogram uncooked medium king prawns; 2 tablespoon vegetable oil; 3 baby eggplants (180g), cut into 2cm pieces; 1/4 cup (75g) thai red curry paste (see note, left); 1 cup (250ml) water; 270 millilitre can light coconut milk; 2 tablespoon fish sauce; 2 tablespoon lime juice; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves; 1/2 cup loosely packed thai basil leaves; 4 centimetre piece fresh ginger (20g), cut into matchsticks

Red curry with prawns

The rich flavour of fresh prawns stand up well to the robustness of a red curry. Serve with a steaming bowl of rice and an icy-cold beer and pretend you're on the beaches of Thailand.

Ingredients

1 kilogram uncooked medium king prawns

2 tablespoon vegetable oil

3 baby eggplants (180g), cut into 2cm pieces

1/4 cup (75g) thai red curry paste (see note, left)

1 cup (250ml) water

270 millilitre can light coconut milk

2 tablespoon fish sauce

2 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon caster sugar

1/2 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves

1/2 cup loosely packed thai basil leaves

4 centimetre piece fresh ginger (20g), cut into matchsticks

Method

1.Shell and devein prawns, leaving tails intact.

2.Heat oil in large frying pan; cook eggplant, stirring, until browned lightly. Add curry paste; cook, stirring, until fragrant. Stir in the water and coconut milk; bring to the boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes.

3.Add sauce, juice, sugar and prawns to pan; simmer, stirring, until prawns are cooked. Remove from heat, stir in half the herbs and half the ginger.

Commercially prepared red curry pastes are available in supermarkets; adjust the amount to suit your heat tolerance.
Note

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