Grilled Lobster with Tamarind

Name: Grilled Lobster with Tamarind
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2½ tablespoons grated palm sugar (jaggery); 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1½ tablespoons fish sauce; a pinch of chilli powder; 1 × 700–800 g (1 lb 9–12 oz) live lobster; 2 coriander (cilantro) roots, scraped and finely chopped; 2½ tablespoons tamarind water; 2 red shallots, finely sliced; 3 cloves garlic, finely sliced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

This will impress friends and family with its wonderful sweet and sour flavour. I love the fruitiness that the tamarind brings to this dish. The sauce is also good with other seafood such as crabs and prawns.

Ingredients

1 × 700–800 g (1 lb 9–12 oz) live lobster
2½

Asia
China
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Kill the lobster humanely, halve lengthways and clean well.

Pound the coriander roots, garlic and shallots in a mortar with a pestle to form a fine paste. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a wok until just smoking and stir-fry the paste