Creamy, quick and delicious, this Prawn Curry is made with fresh cream, mild Madras curry powder, spring onions and mushrooms. It’s perfect for rustling up midweek, and mild enough for the whole family to enjoy.
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 accompany our curries. A tradition that 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!
As well as Basmati rice, you can also serve Prawn Curry with naan or flatbread.
Do you have something unusual you like to eat with curry? Do let me know in the comments below
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Prawn Curry
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Coconut oil
- 1 bunch Spring onions chopped
- 225 g Chestnut or Portabello mushrooms sliced
- 300 g Cooked peeled prawns
- 2 tbsp Tomato puree (paste in US)
- 2 tbsp Mild 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 puree, 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.
Martina Evans
This looks absolutely delicious! The sauce looks so creamy & yummy.
Maya Russell
I’m not keen on prawns but the sauce looks divine – I could swap prawns for chicken pieces.
Camilla
Yes, or perhaps some fish!
Jacqueline Roberts
Love this
kayleigh white
Looks totally delicious!
Ursula Hunt
This has become a firm favourite in our house
Camilla
Fab, it’s a recipe my mum made so often:-)
Anne Dalzell
This is perfect for me as loads of curry recipes are for chicken. I can’t eat chicken anymore since a chicken fell asleep in my arms! No prawns have fallen asleep in my arms so i can still eat this…
Camilla
This made me laugh so much. We have a pet shrimp (in the fish tank) so now I’m not sure I can eat prawns anymore!
William Gould
We put mushrooms in a few things – try it in chilli – It can bulk a meal up for little cost without distracting from the meals flavours!
Camilla
Mushrooms are fab:-)
Irene Wright
Haven’t had a prawn curry with mushrooms in it – must try this recipe. Thanks
Janine C
This looks so yummy, might try making it tomorrow!
Stuart Vettese
Puts my chicken curry to shame!!! This looks divine
Camilla
Not at all Stuart – we’ll have to try each others:-)
glenn hutton
I tried making this and I didn’t mess it up – my cooking skills leave a lot to be desired – I wasn’t sure about the inclusion of the mushrooms but they complimented it amazingly well. Even my ever so fussy 18 year old daughter loved it, and with her saying that is high praise indeed! This is now in rotation of meals. ;0)
Thanks for posting it Camilla x
Camilla
Aah, so pleased to hear that you both enjoyed it and made it well. It’s a dish that I had to stop making when my son went off prawns for several years after finding shell in a sandwich! We are now having it again and love it:-)
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:-)