Image © John Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus
3cm piece of ginger - 1 onion - 2
cloves of garlic - 150 g ripe tomatoes - 3 T vegetable or coconut oil - ½ t
black mustard seeds - ¼ t fenugreek seeds - 12 fresh or dried curry leaves - 1
t chilli powder - 1 t ground coriander - ¼ t ground turmeric - 1 T tamarind
pulp - 12 peeled king prawns - sea salt - 1 x 400 ml tin coconut milk - 2 dried
red chillies - 1 fresh green chilli if you want more heat
1 T = Tablespoon 1 t = teaspoon
Peel and finely chop the onions, crush the garlic.
Grate the ginger and chop the tomatoes.
Heat 2 Tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and,
when it’s almost smoking, add the mustard seeds, the fenugreek, ginger and the
curry leaves. Fry for a few seconds, then add the onion and the garlic and cook
over a medium heat until golden.
Add the chilli powder, coriander and turmeric, and
stir for a few seconds. Add the tomato and tamarind. Simmer until slightly
reduced and you can start to see oil separating from the sauce.
Add a few tablespoons of water to get the sauce
back to the consistency it was before, season with sea salt. Simmer until the sauce
is quite dry. Then add the coconut milk and the prawns; bring back to boil and
turn the heat down to low till the prawns are cooked. Taste and adjust the
seasoning. This makes quite a chunky curry. If you want it smooth, and we
do, just put in your stick blender and blitz to the desired consistency BEFORE
you add the prawns. They only take a minute or two to cook.
In another pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil, the
chillies and remaining mustard seeds and curry leaves. Fry for 10 seconds or
so, then tip into the curry. Serve with steamed rice, some atchars and a sweet
chutney which will temper the tartness that the tamarind brings.
We enjoyed with a 2016 Chenin blanc from De Wet cellar, a
previous Wine of the Week
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2018
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