Shrimp in Tamarind Sauce

Name: Shrimp in Tamarind Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tsp jaggery or dark muscovado sugar; 2 red chillies, split, seeded, and shredded; 30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) uncooked king prawns (shrimp), shelled; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), to garnish; 1 walnut-sized piece of tamarind; 1 tsp nigella seeds; 4 cm (1½ in) fresh root ginger, peeled and finely shredded

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Curry Lovers Cookbook

By Roopa Gulati

Published 2007

About

I love the stickiness of this sweet-sour masala; sometimes I’ll serve this dish as a cocktail snack and cook the tamarind and sugar until almost caramelised before adding the prawns (shrimp).

Ingredients

1 walnut-sized piece of tamarind
30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil

Asia
India
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Break up the tamarind with your fingers and put it in a small heatproof bowl. Pour over 75 ml (5 tbsp) boiling water and leave to steep for about 15 minutes. Once it is cool enou