Name: Malay Curry of Prawns
Yield: Serves 4 as a first course
Ingredients: 1 cucumber, cut into ½-inch (12-mm) cubes; ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons (200 ml) coconut milk; Cooked white rice, for serving; 2 tablespoons Cognac, gin, or vodka; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon Demerara sugar; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 small yellow onion (the size of a golf ball), sliced into rings; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 tablespoon rice flour; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; Unsalted butter or olive oil, for cooking; 16 head-on Tiger prawns or large shrimp in the shell, about 1½ lb (680 g) total

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a first course

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

About

This recipe for curried prawns appears in Lady Agnes Jekyll’s Kitchen Essays. She includes it in the essay titled “Country Friends to a Christmas Luncheon” and suggests serving it to friends who are visiting London from the countryside to do their Christmas shopping. She notes that guests are particularly appreciative when the host takes the time to order ingredients (such as prawns