Quick prawn, coconut & tomato curry

Quick prawn, coconut & tomato curry

Make curry in a hurry with this speedy recipe - a fragrant spice pot ready in half an hour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the onion, garlic and half the chilli for 5 mins or until softened. Add the curry paste and cook for 1 min more. Add the tomato purée, stock and coconut cream.
  2. Simmer on medium heat for 10 mins, then add the prawns. Cook for 3 mins or until they turn opaque. Scatter on the remaining green chillies and coriander sprigs, then serve with rice.

PER SERVING

335 kcalories, protein 19.0g, carbohydrate 7.0g, fat 26.0 g, saturated fat 16.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 6.0g, salt 1.03 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2011.

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  • 02 December 2011

    yumyum commented on this recipe

    This looks lovely - what kind of curry paste do you mean?

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  • 02 December 2011

    MajaMP commented on this recipe

    Looks like a red one!

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  • 05 December 2011

    Lucymh rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tasty, quick and relatively healthy! I added some fresh spinach and tinned bamboo shoots when I added the prawns - and I used a tikka masala curry paste - a bit different but delicious. I also served with some stir fried veg and coconut rice.

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  • 07 December 2011

    Carl,D9 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Always a winner with family, these 'one pot' recipes! If you have them - frozen or fresh - add a couple of handfuls of fine green beans towards the end for a lovely sauce coated crunch...and at the start, a few halved baby new potatoes make a quite authentic addition to any Indian dish!

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  • 07 December 2011

    yumyum commented on this recipe

    Ok I used Pataks Tikka Masala Paste, and a whole can of reduced fat coconut milk, and it was LOVELY! Very soupy which I love in curries. Tip - definitely only add the prawns when you are sure you're going to eat soon - they went a bit hard after a while . Tried making homemade roti to go with the curry and rice - not very successful but tasted nice...

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  • 07 December 2011

    david mclaren commented on this recipe

    Coconut's mentioned a few times here. Anyone got any thoughts whether it's better to use canned coconut milk (which doesn't always come in convenient sizes), creamed coconut, or powdered coconut: if powdered coconut, has anyone found the ideal way to reconstitute it without it 'breaking up', and what would be the respective amounts of powder to water to re-create the original - both for milk and cream?.....

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  • 11 December 2011

    Lynsey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really easy and quick to make, would defo make again. Even my 13 month old liked it.

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  • 13 December 2011

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used a green chilli from the garden and Pataks hot curry paste and started off with two sachets of coconut cream but it was still blindingly hot so I added two more sachets of coconut cream which made 200g in all. The end flavour was excellent but I had to add more water to the sauce as it was too thick (probably the coconut). I think it could do with something extra like green beans as suggested by Carl,D9 above. Served with the yellow pepper rice which was lovely.

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  • 20 December 2011

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this as it came up on my web page and had craving for prawns. Went down very well indeed, even my 7 year old son ate it and asked for it on several occasions since. We had it again tonight. Its great.I used a balti curry paste. It is spicey but very authentic and very easy. Could be adapted for turkey leftovers I would think.

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  • 02 January 2012

    Tony rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Good recipe. I also used a Balti paste and it worked well we thought. Served with Jerra rice - Delish!!!

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  • 05 January 2012

    IanR rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A definite five star rating. Quick and easy to prepare and delicious too. I used mild curry paste and cooked prawns as I couldn't get fresh. Also served it with jasmine rice and naan bread. The only downside is the price of prawns!

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  • 22 January 2012

    AlisonPG rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious and easy to make. Used the only curry paste I had in, Pataks Tikka Masala. I'd probably go for something a little hotter next time but it was really good anyway. Served with plain basmati rice and peshawari naan. Will be making again.

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  • 29 January 2012

    markymark rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used M&S balti curry paste, put some thinly sliced potatoes in it and also a few of the chilli seeds with the onions/garlic etc. Followed the recipe apart from that except adding a little more stock as I preferred a bit more sauce. Tasted like a takeaway - really nice indeed! Shall be making again very soon.

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  • 30 January 2012

    EilidhR rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was delicious. I used Patak's Balti paste (have a stash of this as use it for the excellent Chicken Biryani recipe on this site) and creamed coconut (a big block) had to add extra water as was very thick but so tasty. We also added cauliflower. Served with basmati rice and chappatis.

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  • 31 January 2012

    Wanderingfree commented on this recipe

    Great recipe - and easily adapted. I didn't have fresh chillies, coriander or fresh prawns as I'm 'store cupboard' cooking this month; however, it was delicious with the defrosted salmon chunks and frozen prawns added for the last five minutes. I served it with rice and poppadums (done in the microwave). I also used Patak's Tikka Masala and agree it does need one of the more spicy pastes.

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  • 05 February 2012

    Bipins commented on this recipe

    ..try a fresh authentic curry paste made locally in Hitchin. This is what Geoff fro Bradford said about it. You can get it from www.curryfusion.net ....I have made curries for years, living near Bradford there is no problems with sourcing all the spices etc. But whenever I go to a decent Indian restaurant I always wonder what my curries are missing. Whatever it is Bipin`s pastes have it! Simply brilliant! Geoff, Bradford.

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  • 12 March 2012

    liljaarn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick and easy and yet incredibly savoury! Highly recommend this one.

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  • 13 March 2012

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    So easy to throw together. I just used 1 1/2 tbsps of a pataks curry paste and it was just fine.

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  • 11 April 2012

    star rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Used Pataks Korma paste as thats what was in the fridge. I think any paste will work. I was worried the coconut cream and the coconut of the korma paste would be too much but when it all came together with the rice it was fine. Added chopped red pepper and chopped baby corns too for a bit more substance. Will make again. Tasty and quick!!

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  • 12 May 2012

    MattJam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    First curry I've ever cooked and I'll never look back. Absolutely delicious and so easy to make. As suggested I added sliced new potatoes to give it some body which worked fantastically compared to standard rice. Also used Patak's Tikka paste which was lovely (though I have no basis for comparison). Can't wait to do this again

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 medium onion , thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves , sliced
  • 1 green chilli , deseeded and sliced
  • 3 tbsp curry paste
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 200ml vegetable stock
  • 200ml coconut cream
  • 350g raw prawns
  • coriander sprigs and rice, to serve
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PER SERVING

335 kcalories, protein 19.0g, carbohydrate 7.0g, fat 26.0 g, saturated fat 16.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 6.0g, salt 1.03 g

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