Ingredients
- 1 kg raw shrimp (king prawns, or green)
- 1 garlic clove (chopped)
- 1 chili pepper (birdseye seeded and thinly sliced)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup lime juice (or lemon juice)
- 2 tablespoons oil (rice bran oil or peanut oil)
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 3 kaffir lime leaves (finely sliced)
- 3 chilies (small dried)
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon rind (finely grated)
How to Make
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Step 1: Cook prawns in a large saucepan of salted boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes until just cooked and drain and then refresh in iced water and drain again.
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Step 2: Peel prawns, leavig tail intact and remove veins.
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Step 3: Using a mortar and pestle pound garlic, chilli and half of sugar until a coarse paste forms and then transfer to a bowl.
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Step 4: Add lime or lemon juice, oil and fish sauce and mix to combine.
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Step 5: Pour over prawns and toss to combine and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour to marinate.
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Step 6: Place kaffir lime leaves and whole dried chillies in a small frying pan on high heat and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant and then cool.
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Step 7: Transfer to a mortar, add remaining sugar and lemon rind and use a pestle to pound until roughly ground.
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Step 8: Scatter over prawns to serve.
Tips & Variations
- Mortar and pestle
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