Malay Curry of Prawns

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

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

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Starter
Pescatarian

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