Spicy Prawn Soup

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

Red Curry Prawn Soup

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

Dinner
Pescatarian
Soup
Gluten-free
Spicy

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