Prawns and shellfish recipes Archives

Bread recipes

Golden prawn toast

15 minutes

Christmas recipes

Seafood cocktail

Asian recipes

Easy wonton soup

10 minutes

Picnic recipes

Mussel medley bruschetta

5 minutes

Picnic recipes

Prawn cocktail cups and garlic mussels with toasted baguette

8 minutes

Calamari

Potage de mer

25 minutes

Prawns and

Fynbos-smoked mussels

10 minutes

Prawns and

Spicy prawn and mussel stew with butter-toasted ciabatta

25 minutes

Easter recipes

Peri-peri oven-roasted seafood skillet

1 hour

Braai recipes

Mussels in fennel-and-coconut broth

25 minutes

Eid recipes

Tempura prawns

15 minutes

Eid recipes

Prawn chaat

15 minutes

Prawn chaat

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes, plus 1 hour’s marinating time

Cooking Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

For the marinade, mix:

2 T lemon juice
1 t ground turmeric
1 t minced garlic
1⁄2 t salt
400 g small prawns, cleaned
1 T ghee
2 shallots, finely chopped
1⁄2 t mustard seeds
1⁄2 t ground cumin
1⁄2 t ground coriander
1 green chilli, sliced
4 curry leaves
60 g mango, sliced
rotis or poppadoms, for serving

Method

1. Marinate the prawns for 30 minutes–1 hour in the fridge.

2. Heat the ghee in a pan over a medium-low heat and fry the shallots until golden. Remove from the pan and set aside.

3. Add the mustard seeds, cumin, coriander, chilli and curry leaves to the same pan. Cook for 2 minutes.

4. Add the prawns and cook for 4 minutes, stirring. Gently stir in the mango and shallots. Serve with rotis or poppadoms.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistant: Bianca Strydom

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