Turn up the heat with a homemade chilli paste. Mix it with lime, coriander and cucumber for a fresh relish that goes beautifully with grilled seafood.
Barbecue Prawns with Cucumber Relish
WRITTEN BY:
Eileen
SERVES:
3-4
NUTRITION:
Rich Source of Selenium
DIFFICULTY
Easy
TIME
30 Minutes minutes
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Method
1.
To make cucumber relish, add the water and sugar to a small saucepan and put over low heat until sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.
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2.
Use a mortar and pestle to ground peppercorns, then pound in the garlic and coriander roots. Add salt, grind for a couple of minutes, then add chilli and grind into a smooth paste.
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3.
Transfer to a bowl and stir through sugar water, fish sauce, lime juice, coriander leaves, kaffir lime leaves and cucumber. Set aside.
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4.
Prepare prawns one at a time (see Cook's tip below). With a small, sharp knife, make an incision from just below the head down to tail without cutting all the way through, leaving head and tail intact and mid-section shell on. Prise open shell a little to devein the prawn. Repeat for remaining prawns.
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5.
Lay prawns in a flat dish and splash fish sauce over, leaving to marinate for about 10-15 minutes.
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6.
Preheat barbecue plate or griddle plate on medium heat. Brush each prawn with a little olive oil. Grill prawns on hot plate for about 4 minutes, basting with coconut cream. Turn over prawns and cool for another minute or so.
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7.
Pile prawns on steamed rice, top with cucumber relish, then garnish with shallots and coriander. Serve.
Shopping List
Ingredients
1.
16 extra large green king prawns in shells, heads and tails on
2.
60ml fish sauce
3.
60ml extra virgin olive oil
4.
4 Tbsp coconut cream
5.
Steamed rice, to serve
6.
Coriander leaves and fried shallots, to garnish
7.
Cucumber relish
8.
4 Tbsp caster sugar
9.
100ml water
10.
1 tsp white peppercorns
11.
1 clove garlic
12.
1/2 bunch coriander, leaves picked and chopped and roots cleaned
13.
1/2 tsp sea-salt flakes
14.
3 long green chillies, finely sliced
15.
2 red bullet chillies
16.
50ml fish sauce
17.
Juice of 3 limes
18.
3 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded
19.
2 Lebanese cucumbers, peeled in strips and cut into small dice (5mm)
