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Malaysian prawn and pineapple curry with crispy onions

Name: Malaysian prawn and pineapple curry with crispy onions
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: vegetable oil 2 tbsp; coconut milk 400ml tin; pineapple 400g, cut into bite-sized pieces; lime leaves 4, (see cook's notes below); raw peeled king prawns 350g; fish sauce 1 tbsp; lime 1, juiced; red chilli 1, sliced to serve; ready-made crispy fried onions, to serve (see cook's notes below); cooked jasmine rice, to serve; echalion shallot 1, chopped; garlic 6 cloves, chopped; ginger a thumb-sized piece, chopped; lemongrass 2 sticks, chopped; red chillies 2, chopped; macadamia nuts a handful; ground turmeric 1 tsp

45 minutes
serves 4
Easy

Pineapples are abundant in Malaysia, and add sweet and sour notes to this savoury curry

By Adam Bush

Published: February 29, 2020 at 10:28 am

Try this vibrant Malaysian prawn curry or check out more prawn curry ideas here.

Ingredients

vegetable oil 2 tbsp
coconut milk 400ml tin
pineapple 400g, cut into bite-sized pieces
lime leaves 4, (see cook's notes below)
raw peeled king prawns 350g
fish sauce 1 tbsp
lime 1, juiced
red chilli 1, sliced to serve
ready-made crispy fried onions to serve (see cook's notes below)
cooked jasmine rice to serve

PASTE

echalion shallot 1, chopped
garlic 6 cloves, chopped
ginger a thumb-sized piece, chopped
lemongrass 2 sticks, chopped
red chillies 2, chopped
macadamia nuts a handful
ground turmeric 1 tsp

Method

Step 1

To make the paste, tip all of the ingredients and 50ml of water into a blender or food processor and whizz until completely smooth.
Step 2

Heat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and tip in the paste. Cook gently for 15 minutes or until the shallot no longer smells raw. Tip in the coconut milk, pineapple and kaffir lime leaves, and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Stir in the prawns and cook gently for 5 minutes or until they just turn pink. Season with the fish sauce and lime juice. Sprinkle over the red chillies and crispy onions, and serve with rice.

Cook's notes

Lime leaves are from a Southeast Asian lime tree and add a vibrant citrus fragrance to dishes. Buy them and ready-made crispy onions from Waitrose, Ocado and Asian grocers.