Name: Jamaican prawn and sweet potato curry
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 1 onion finely diced; spray oil; 1-2 tbsp Jamaican jerk curry paste; ¼ scotch bonnet chilli seeded and finely chopped; 300g sweet potatoes peeled and diced; ¼ tsp ground allspice; 400g tin half-fat coconut milk; 100ml veg stock; leaves picked to make 1 tsp thyme; 200g raw peeled prawns; leaves to serve coriander; warmed to serve roti

Jamaican Curry Recipe With Prawns and Sweet Potato

1 onion
finely diced
spray oil
1-2 tbsp Jamaican jerk curry paste
¼ scotch bonnet chilli
seeded and finely chopped
300g sweet potatoes
peeled and diced
¼ tsp ground allspice
400g tin half-fat coconut milk
100ml veg stock
leaves picked to make 1 tsp thyme
200g raw peeled prawns
leaves to serve coriander
warmed to serve roti

Method

step 1
Fry the onion in a spray of oil for 5 minutes, then add the curry paste, chilli, sweet potato and allspice and fry for another 5 minutes. Add the coconut milk, stock and thyme, and cook for 20 minutes until the potato is cooked through. When the potato is soft, mash some pieces with the back of a fork to make a thicker sauce. Stir in the prawns, simmer until pink, scatter with coriander and serve with roti.