South Indian prawn and coconut curry

This is a quick and easy weeknight curry that ticks all the boxes and promises big on flavour - so easy to put together!

Serves: 4

Time to make: 35 mins

Ingredients

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1 medium red onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, chopped
2 long green chillies, chopped, plus extra sliced chilli, to serve
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons sunflower oil
3 potatoes, peeled, chopped
2 large carrots, cut into rounds
½ cup reduced-fat coconut milk
500g raw prawns, peeled and deveined
1 large courgettezucchiniX, halved, thinly sliced
8 cups baby spinach
2 cups steamed brown basmati rice, to serve

Instructions

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1 In a food processor, blitz onion, garlic, ginger, chilli, turmeric and cumin into a paste.

2 In a large heavy-based saucepan, heat oil over medium. Add curry paste and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes, or until fragrant. Add potatoes, carrots and 1 cup of water and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes, or until potato is tender.

3 Add coconut milk, prawns and courgette and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, or until prawns are cooked through. Stir through spinach until just wilted. Serve with steamed rice and garnish with extra green chilli.

Variations

Make it low FODMAP: Swap red onion for 1 cup finely chopped green leek leaves. Omit garlic and add a drizzle of garlic-infused oil instead.

Make it gluten free: Check spices are gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 414 cal

Kilojoules 1730 kJ

Protein 33 g

Total fat 7 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 50 g

Sugar 9 g

Dietary fibre 7 g

Sodium 470 mg

Calcium 220 mg

Iron 5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

First published: Jul 2018

One comment on South Indian prawn and coconut curry

25324307 September 12, 2021 at 8:33 pm #

Took much longer to cook potatoes and carrots. And needed heaps more water and some salt. Bit disappointing.

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