Malay Curry of Prawns

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

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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Pescatarian

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