Shrimp Curry
photo by Thorsten
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 1⁄2 cm piece gingerroot, cleaned and grated
- 2 -4 tablespoons curry powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 whole star anise
- 1 cardamom pod
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 3 large tomatoes, skinned and crushed finely
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup chicken stock
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1⁄2 cup coconut milk
- 3 1⁄2 lbs medium raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
directions
- Heat butter and oil in a large pot and fry onions, garlic and ginger for 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat and add curry powder, bay leaves, star anise, cardamom pod, cinnamon stick and cumin seeds cooking this for 5 minutes.
- Add tomato pulp, vinegar, sugar and chicken stock stirring well.
- Bring to the boil, reduce heat and leave to simmer for 45 minutes - the curry sauce could cook for hours at this stage which would blend the spices very well.
- Add coconut milk and adjust seasoning to taste.
- Raise heat, add shrimp and cook for 10 minutes til all shrimp have turned pink.
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Reviews
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This was wonderful! I had to leave out the anise & cardamom pod as they were nowhere to be found at my local grocery. I was surprised at how mild it was, but I am a curry fanatic so perhaps I'm immune? The mildness DID NOT detract at all from the overall taste and the ginger gave it a perfect extra POP!
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I have made this prawn curry twice now and I wanted to say thank you for sharing such an "incredible" dish!! 5 thumbs up !! I have since used this base recipe in making lamb curry ... just fry up the lamb pieces first and follow the recipe to a tee. A sure 5 star winner recipe that will be shared on New Years Eve
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Bokenpop aka Mad
Milford, Delaware
I was born and raised in South Africa but now live in Delaware USA. Since I can remember I have been cooking! My first real cooking experience was when I was 7. I came home from school one afternoon and felt like French toast. My elder brother was home with his friends and did not want to make it for me, so I got a pan out, put it on the stove, turned the stove on to high. After that I could not remember what to do, but I knew that French toast involved bread so I put the bread in the hot pan without grease and poured milk over it! Oy vey... My brother's friend asked me what I was trying to make and I told him. He laughed and told me I was making it wrong but he also taught me how to make French toast the right way. I came home every day after that and made French toast. I felt so confident with the little bit of knowledge I had acquired that I soon started experimenting with other things. Nothing was going to stop me! The first full meal I ever made for my family was boiled rice and oven roasted chicken pieces with a steamed vegetable medley. I was 8 years old and my mom was in hospital. My dad was struggling to hold down an intensely busy job, keep the family going and be with my mom, so I thought I would help him. I don't think he believed that I had done it on my own. I remember telling him that I read in a cookery book how to make a roast chicken but I did not know what "a" rosemary was so I just put the chicken in the dish without it. Decades later with a myriad tried and tested recipes behind me - flops and failures included - I know my way around any food item and kitchen utensil, much to my family's delight!