Name: Spicy Prawn Soup
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 limes; 1 handful fresh coriander leaves; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; ¾ teaspoon ground coriander; 1½ tablespoons fish sauce or soy sauce; 1 teaspoon coconut sugar or brown sugar; 1–2 red chillies; 2.5 cm piece fresh ginger; 2 cloves garlic, peeled; 800 millilitres coconut milk; 1 cup water; 1 handful pak choi; 1 teaspoon coconut oil; 2 tablespoons coconut milk; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice; 100 grams fresh or frozen prawns, shelled and deveined; 1 plum tomato, chopped; ½ red pepper, thinly sliced; 1 stalk celery, finely sliced; 1 shallot; 1 stalk lemongrass, chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

WHOLE

By Melissa Delport

Published 2018

About

This prawn soup is great for a dinner party. Why not play around with pairing it with one of the fresh or table bowls, such as the Island Poke Bowl or the Oh, Sweet Mustard to share with your friends?

Ingredients

Red Curry Paste

1 shallot
1 stalk lemongrass, chopped
1–2 red chillies

Method

Place all the ingredients for the curry paste into a food processor and blend until smooth. Set aside.

If using frozen prawns, place them in a bowl of warm water to thaw for 2 minutes. Remove the prawns from the water, place on a paper towel and pat dry. For fresh prawns, rinse, then place on a paper towel and pat dry.

To make the soup, add the red curry paste to a medium-sized