Panang Curry with Prawns and Kaffir Lime
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Ingredients
- 400 g raw tiger prawns, peeled
- 3 tbsp panang curry paste
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 5 kaffir lime leaves
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
- 20 g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 339 kcal
- Protein
- 21.1 g
- Carbohydrate
- 9.1 g
- of which sugars
- 6.8 g
- Fat
- 24.1 g
- of which saturates
- 18.4 g
- Fibre
- 1.9 g
- Salt
- 2.98 g
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Method
- 1
Fry the panang curry paste in a splash of the coconut milk in a wide pan for 2 minutes until fragrant and the oil starts to separate.
- 2
Stir in the rest of the coconut milk and the kaffir lime leaves and simmer for 8 minutes until slightly thickened.
- 3
Add the prawns and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until they turn pink and opaque all the way through.
- 4
Season with the fish sauce and palm sugar.
- 5
Scatter with the roasted peanuts and serve with jasmine rice.

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