Spicy rice with prawns
Ingredients:
250g long grain rice
150g frozen peas
2 tbsp oil
1 finely chopped onion
2 rashers streaky bacon, chopped
1 tsp medium curry powder
½ tsp each of cumin, coriander, tumeric powder
1 finely chopped chili
Pinch of chili powder
1tbsp of tomato puree
250g peeled cooked tiger prawns
1 egg
Method:
Cook the rice in a pan of boiling, water and simmer for 10 minutes
Add the frozen peas, turn off the heat and cover with the pan lid
While the rice is cooking heat the 2 tablespoons of oil in a large frying pan adding the chopped onion and bacon and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until the onion starts to turn golden and the bacon begins to cook
Stir in the curry powder and other spices and tomato puree and cook for a few seconds
Add the chopped chili and the prawns and heat them through for a minute or so until cooked through
Push the prawn mixture to one side of the pan and add the drop of oil to the other side
Pour the beaten egg into the oil
Stir until cooked like scrambled eggs, then mix into the prawns
Add the rice and peas and mix well
Serve immediately
Looks good with a lot of spices. Is prawn the same as shrimp? I've never had prawn before.
Thanks Lisa. There is very little difference between prawns and shrimps. Although they have different physical structures, they are similar in taste and prawns are larger.
In menu terms they are interchangeable.
I like that recipe. Curry spices are my favourite, although I'm not a big seafood fan, so I'll be swapping the prawns for maybe flaked haddock.
It certainly makes dinner time more interesting when recipes become interchangeable. I like that recipe too.