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Healthy prawn stir-fry
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp black mustard seeds
- 8 curry leaves
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- ½ red pepper, sliced
- ½ green pepper, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- a thumb-sized piece ginger, shredded
- 4 plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 180g pack raw peeled king prawns
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- a small bunch coriander, torn
- rice, to serve
- 1 lime, wedged to serve
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the vegetable oil in a wok and cook the mustard seeds and curry leaves for a minute, then add the onion and peppers, and cook for 5 minutes until charring at the edges. Add the garlic and ginger, and cook for a minute, then add the tomatoes and 150ml of water. Cook over a high heat for 10 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down and become saucy.
- STEP 2
Stir in the prawns, turmeric and cumin, and cook gently for 5 minutes until the prawns are cooked through. Season and stir in the coriander. Serve with rice and lime wedges to squeeze over.
