Coconut Prawn and Crayfish Curry
SERVES 4
PREP TIME: 45 minutes
COOKING TIME: 20 minutes
WINE MATCH: Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Ingredients:
- 800 grams whole banana or black tiger prawns
- 1 x crayfish/lobster pre blanched
- 2 kumara in large dice
- 1 tablespoons peanut oil
- 650ml coconut milk
- 3 long red chillies, halved lengthways
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 4 kaffir lime leaves, torn, plus extra julienned to serve
To serve: julienned ginger, Thai basil leaves and steamed jasmine rice
Curry Paste:
- 35small dried red chillies, broken up and soaked in hot water for 2 hours
- ½ teaspoon each coriander seeds and black peppercorns
- 10grams fresh turmeric, coarsely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 5grams galangal, coarsely chopped
- 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, coarsely chopped
- 1red shallot, coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoons roasted shrimp paste
- Finely grated rind of 1 kaffir lime
Recipe:
- For curry paste: Drain and chop chillies, and dry-roast whole spices until fragrant (15-20 seconds). Cool briefly, then crush with a mortar and pestle. Add turmeric, garlic, galangal, lemongrass and a pinch of salt and pound to a coarse paste. Add shallot, shrimp paste, rind and chillies, and pound until smooth. Curry paste will keep frozen for 3 weeks.
- Clean and shell prawns, leaving on the head and tail. Blanch cray and kumara dice.
- Heat oil in a large wok until hot. Add curry paste and stir until fragrant (10-20 seconds). Add coconut milk and bring to the boil, then add chillies, fish sauce and kaffir lime leaves, and simmer until well flavoured (2-4 minutes). Add prawn, lobster, kumara and cook through (5 minutes). Throw over ginger, Thai basil and extra kaffir lime and serve with steamed jasmine rice.