We are big curry fans in our house and one that I make on a regular basis is my mother’s mild Prawn Curry. Cooked with spring onions and mushrooms in a tomato and cream based sauce this really is totally delicious. When I was growing up my mother would serve banana slices along with mango chutney to have accompany our curries, a tradition which I carried on when I left home but had forgotten about until now. I shall be starting up this tradition again as the sweet banana contrasts really well with the curry sauce and it’s a good way of getting in some extra vitamins and minerals!.
Do you have something unusual you like to eat with curry? Do let me know in the comments below!
Uniformdating.com has partnered with Michelin star chef Michael Caines and created a recipe App for those that work in uniform called Uniform Foodies which is launched today. A national survey was carried out to find the favourite meals of uniformed professionals and the results were:
Nurses – Salad
Police Officer – Fish & Chips
Armed Forces – Indian Curry
Doctor – Fish & Chips
Fire Fighter – Indian Curry
I was challenged to come up with a meal for one of these professions to make and eat during a shift. I immediately thought of this quick and easy prawn curry which would provide enough energy to get them through a shift. The meal had to be healthy, hearty, affordable and delicious. We love this curry and I’m sure a firefighter or member of the armed forces would love it too!
The Uniform Foodies app contains images and recipes of dishes that have been deemed favourites of uniformed professionals. You can follow @UniformFoodies on twitter. The Uniform Foodies app is available from The App Store.
As this dish contains healthy mushrooms and spring onions I am entering it into Extra Veg a challenge run by Helen from Fuss Free Flavours and Michelle from Utterly Scrummy who is hosting this month. I’m also entering it into Tasty Tuesdays which is run by Honest Mum. Finally I’m linking up to Emily’s Recipe of the Week over on A Mummy Too!
Disclosure:This is a sponsored post and all opinions are my own.
Prawn Curry
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Rapeseed oil
- 1 Bunch spring onions chopped
- 225 g Chestnut mushroom sliced
- 300 g Cooked peeled prawns
- 2 tbsp Tomato puree
- 2 tbsp Madras curry powder
- 1 x 400g Tin chopped plum tomatoes
- 150 ml Single cream
- Freshly ground salt & pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan and gently fry the spring onions for a few minutes to soften (not brown).
- Add the sliced mushrooms and curry powder and fry until cooked through.
- Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and pepper.
- Bring to the boil then reduce the heat to let it simmer and add the prawns and allow to heat through for a few minutes.
- Finally add the single cream and heat through before serving.
- Serve on a bed of basmati rice with your favourite Indian relishes.
Jude
We always ate curries with bananas, nut and raisins when I was a child, a habit my mother acquired when we lived in Singapore, I think it was to lessen the strength of the curry, I think it’s a great idea, I may reintroduce it to, thank you for the suggestion.
The App sounds interesting, but I’m puzzled as to the Armed Forces being included as they have amazing catering, wherever they are.
Camilla
Glad to hear I wasn’t the only one eating banana with my curry Jude. Very good point about the armed forces!
Ursula Hunt
My dads favourite
Bev
Could just eat that!
Honest Mum
Want to tuck right into this feast right now, for breakfast! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Camilla
LOL a pleasure;-)
Heather Haigh
Love prawns in curry, there’s just something so moreish about it. Nice uncomplicated recipe. Thanks.
Camilla
Life’s too short for complicated, I leave that to the chefs:-)
Heather Haigh
I love watching Masterchef but I certainly couldn’t do with all that faffing in my own kitchen. Just give me food that tastes good.
Camilla
Yes, when I see a list of 21 ingredients I just loose interest – leave the fancy stuff to the chefs;-)
Emily @amummytoo
The sauce on this just looks incredible – the colour is wonderful! Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek – I have pinned this post to my food boards and scheduled in a tweet for this evening 🙂 There’s also a fresh linky live at 6pm – hope you join in! x
Camilla
Thanks:-)
glenn hutton
Looks delicious and I will give this a go…
Camilla
Brilliant:-)
Paul Wilson
Looks absolutely delicious.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Corina
That’s a lovely quick curry and would be perfect for busy shift workers.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Karen
FAB recipe Camilla and I am a HUGE fan of prawns and curry so this is a WIN WIN! Karen
Camilla
Thanks Karen, we love it here:-)