Name: Healthy prawn stir-fry
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 8 curry leaves; 1 small onion thinly sliced; ½ red pepper sliced; ½ green pepper sliced; 3 cloves garlic finely chopped; a thumb-sized piece ginger shredded; 4 plum tomatoes roughly chopped; 180g pack raw peeled king prawns; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp ground cumin; a small bunch coriander torn; rice to serve; 1 lime wedged to serve

A silver wok is filled with prawns, chopped peppers and green vegetables

2 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp black mustard seeds
8 curry leaves
1 small onion
thinly sliced
½ red pepper
sliced
½ green pepper
sliced
3 cloves garlic
finely chopped
a thumb-sized piece ginger
shredded
4 plum tomatoes
roughly chopped
180g pack raw peeled king prawns
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
a small bunch coriander
torn
rice
to serve
1 lime
wedged to serve

Method

step 1
Heat the vegetable oil in a wok and cook the mustard seeds and curry leaves for a minute, then add the onion and peppers, and cook for 5 minutes until charring at the edges. Add the garlic and ginger, and cook for a minute, then add the tomatoes and 150ml of water. Cook over a high heat for 10 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down and become saucy.
step 2
Stir in the prawns, turmeric and cumin, and cook gently for 5 minutes until the prawns are cooked through. Season and stir in the coriander. Serve with rice and lime wedges to squeeze over.