Pineapple Curry With Prawns And Mussels Food

PENANG PRAWN & PINEAPPLE CURRY

Steps:

• Finely grate the coconut, then toast slowly in a wok, stirring until evenly dark brown (it will start to smell very strong, but it will work a treat). While it's still warm, pound to a paste with the sunflower oil using a pestle and mortar. Set aside.
• Finely grate or pound the ginger and garlic together using a pestle and mortar. Make a loose curry paste by adding 75ml water to the curry powder. Heat the oil in the wok until it's just starting to smoke, then throw in the curry leaves, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom pods and cloves and cook for 1 min until fragrant.
• Add the shallots and ginger and garlic paste, cook for around 7 mins until softened and starting to brown, then add the curry powder paste. This is the most important part of making the curry. Ideally, cook over a very low heat and wait until the oil separates and bubbles over the paste, around 10-12 mins. Scrape the bottom of the pan occasionally to remove the crust.
• When the oil has come to the top, add the tamarind paste, pineapple and sugar. Pour in the coconut milk. When the mixture starts boiling, add the prawns and return to the boil, then stir through the toasted coconut. Season the curry with salt, scatter over the coriander and serve with rice.

PINEAPPLE CURRY WITH PRAWNS AND MUSSELS

Steps:

• Bring half the coconut milk to the boil and heat, stirring, until it separates.
• Add curry paste and cook until fragrant.
• Add fish sauce and sugar and continue to cook for a few moments.
• Stir in the rest of the coconut milk and bring back to the boil.
• Add the prawns and mussels, with the pineapple and lime.
• Reheat until boiling then simmer for 3-5 minutes, until prawns are cooked and mussels are opened.
• Serve immediately, garnished with coriander and chopped chillies.

THAI MUSSELS & PRAWNS

Steps:

• Blitz half the red chilli, the coriander stalks, garlic, ginger and coconut milk in a blender.
• Pour the coconut milk mixture into a saucepan, add the lemongrass and cook over a medium heat for 5 mins. Turn up the heat, add the prawns and mussels, then cover and cook for 4 mins - the prawns should be pink and the mussel shells should be open (discard any that have not opened). Remove the lemongrass and discard.
• Divide the shellfish and broth between two serving bowls and squeeze over some lime. Chop the coriander leaves and sprinkle over the top along with the rest of the chilli. Serve with slices of crusty bread to soak up the broth.

CARIBBEAN CURRIED PRAWNS IN PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Place shelled, de-veined prawns in a bowl and squeeze lime juice over them, set to one side.
• Heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan add onion and chopped chives, cook over medium heat until onions are soft. Add tomatoes and curry powder and continue cooking for a few minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add fish stock powder, water, coconut milk and prawns simmer over low heat for 15-20 Min's. Add a little water to the cornflour mix and pour into prawn mixture, stir until mixture thickens.
• Plunge the pineapples into boiling water for 3 minutes, drain. Cut them in half lengthways and hollow out flesh, as you are removing flesh there will be juice from the pineapple lying at the bottom. Add the juice from one pineapple to curry mixture.
• Cut the flesh of the pineapple discarding hard core, add soft pineapple chunks from 1 pineapple to curry. (Depending on size of pineapple you may want to add both if they are quite small).
• Heat curry through and spoon curry mixture back into hollowed-out-pineapples sprinkle with chopped chives. Serve with rice.

SWEET & HOT PRAWN & PINEAPPLE CURRY

Steps:

• In a heavy-based pan, heat the oil and add the curry paste. Fry for 2 mins, add the sugar and turmeric, then stir well. Splash in the fish sauce, then the coconut milk and pineapple. Bring to the boil. Add the lime leaves or juice, chilli and lemongrass. Simmer for 3 mins, throw in the prawns and simmer for 5 mins more until the prawns change colour.