Prawn massaman curry

Prawn massaman curry

If you're a fan of Thai green curry, try a massaman for a change - the potatoes soak up loads of flavour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Method

  1. Cook the massaman paste in the thick bit of the coconut milk for a few minutes until it becomes fragrant. Add the rest of the coconut milk and simmer for a minute. Add the potatoes, cinnamon, cardamom and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes are tender. Add the prawns, sugar, lime and fish sauce, and cook for 3-4 minutes until the prawns are just cooked and pink.
  2. Serve the curry sprinkled with peanuts (if using), chilli and basil.

Per serving

485 kcalories, protein 23.2g, carbohydrate 21.0g, fat 34.9 g, saturated fat 28.2g, fibre 0.8g, salt 2.85 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2010.

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  • 02 February 2012

    AllieB rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My husband made this last night and it was absolutely delicious. The sauce was not too runny probably because the potatoes took so long to cook and it had reduced. I would recommend partially cooking the potatoes before adding to the sauce. Will definitely make this again and try with both beef and chicken. I got Massaman paste in Tesco (own brand but they spell it Masaman).

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  • 16 February 2012

    Dani's commented on this recipe

    I made my own massaman curry paste, cut the potatoes in quarters so they cooked, substituted the brown sugar for palm sugar, I added a teaspoon of tamarind paste too & also added the sugar & fish sauce at the same time as the potatoes & left it all to simmer for about 30 mins. I served it with thai sticky rice, was yummy!

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  • 31 March 2012

    ANDREA LOVES commented on this recipe

    we pared boiled the pots for 8 mins and then sliced them...it worked a treat. We used noodles and added at the end...noodles cooked first by the way. We really rated this recipe and think you should try it. Its easy, tasty and a really lush. Defo gets the taste buds racing and racing even more. Try it.

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  • 31 March 2012

    ANDREA LOVES rated and commented on this recipe

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    forgot to rate!

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  • 18 June 2012

    Stevie B rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I didn't have the shop-bought curry paste but followed another recipe to make my own: http://thaifood.about.com/od/thaicurrypasterecipes/r/greencurrypaste.htm -- It was really quick and easy to do, and you don't need anything special - maybe Thai fish sauce but this is inexpensive and lasts forever - to make a batch up. I thought the overall recipe was good and very quick to put together so would make it again definitely.

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  • 28 August 2012

    Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    made with chicken ad sweet potato!

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  • 20 October 2012

    Tanya commented on this recipe

    Lovely flavours...went down really well. Don't think I cooked the potato enough however was stiill ok to eat. We had it with naan bread as suggested but think I will do rice next time and maybe less potato.

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  • 27 October 2012

    Tanya commented on this recipe

    Very quick and easy recipe for a midweek meal. Flavours were lovely.

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  • 04 February 2013

    Laura W rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fabulous and easy. Didn't need the full amount of coconut milk.

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  • 25 February 2013

    CBridgeman rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    One of the best curries I have ever had! Absolutely delicious!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 1-2 tbsp massaman curry paste (look for Bart or Blue Elephant in the spice aisle)
  • 1 x 400g tin coconut milk
  • 150g small new potatoes , halved or quartered if large
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 cardamom pods , squashed
  • 200g raw king prawns (frozen are fine)
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 2 limes , 1 juiced, 1 quartered, to serve
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp peanuts , toasted and chopped (optional)
  • sliced red chilli , to serve
  • shredded basil , to serve
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Per serving

485 kcalories, protein 23.2g, carbohydrate 21.0g, fat 34.9 g, saturated fat 28.2g, fibre 0.8g, salt 2.85 g

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