Prawn and pumpkin soup

Name: Prawn and pumpkin soup
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 red onions, peeled and chopped; 1 medium, fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce (nam pla); 100 ml / 3½ fl oz coconut cream; 8 raw tiger prawns, shelled and deveined; juice of 2 limes; a handful of fresh basil leaves; 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce (nam pla); 1 teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; 1 teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste; 1 fresh lemon grass stalk, finely sliced; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into bite-sized chunks; 250 ml/8½ fl oz water; 1 teaspoon tamarind paste; 325 ml/11 fl oz coconut milk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

2 red onions, peeled and chopped
1 medium, fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1 fresh lemon grass stalk, finely s

Asia
Europe
France
Italy
Thailand
Fish course
Soup
Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Using a food processor, whiz together the onions, chilli, lemon grass, shrimp paste, sugar and about 2 tablespoons of the coconut milk to form a paste.
Put the paste in a large pan, add the rest of the coconut milk, the tamarind paste and water and stir until smooth.</