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Deja vu curry

Getting home unexpectedly early (before the family had returned from a day trip to the outlaws) I decided to cook a quick curry to welcome home SWMBO. Short on inspiration and forgetting the 100+ recipes on the Palm organiser on my belt, I checked the fridge and freezer for the primary ingredient that would determine my choice of recipe. Prawns won the vote and I dashed to the PC, fired up the uk.food+drink.indian newsgroup in Google Groups (a favourite haunt of mine) and searched for 'prawn recipe'. The first hit in the list was a chicken and prawn thing, so I clicked on the second - a quick 'n' easy curry and rice combo - which was just what I wanted, so off I dashed to the kitchen. and rustled up three jumbo portions - dinner for two and tomorrow's lunch for one. Leaning back after finishing the meal some time later, I idly wondered who posted such a great recipe. With my money on my mate Si aka Mungo Toadfoot (we have similar tastes in curry creations), I trotted back to the PC to check. As I looked at the email header, I couldn't help but laugh out loud - it was written by me, back in November.

Should you also hanker for a Quick Prawn Curry, here's the recipe

½ large onion diced
½ red pepper diced
½ green pepper diced
Lazy ginger
Lazy garlic
1 medium dollop Masala Paste (Veeraswamy Gujarat)
1 medium dollop Mild Curry Paste (Rajah)
1 medium dollop Red Chili Paste (Rajah)
4 or 5 tblsp of the Infamous 'Secret Ingredient' Curry Base
12-14 shelled king prawns halved or load of frozen ones
2 crushed frozen bird's eye chilis (for cold spring nights)
1 large cup Basmati rice

METHOD:

1. Gently fry off the first five ingredients until softened.
2. Add the paste, paste and paste and mix in thoroughly.
3. Add the ISICB and stir in over medium heat until bubbling.
4. Reduce heat slightly and gently stir in prawns.
5. Add more chilis if 'ReadyBrek' glow is req.

Servce over basmati rice.

The original recipe thread can can be found here.

Posted by bignoseduglyguy at April 5, 2004 10:34 PM | TrackBack