Mozambique Prawns
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
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Sauce
- shells from 2 pounds medium prawns (reserve prawns)
- 2 cups tomato juice
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- hot spice blend, to taste
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Coconut rice
- 2 cups long grain rice
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 3 cups water
- 2 plantains, sliced thin on a diagonal
- salt and white pepper
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 lbs prawns (shelled, reserved from above)
- hot spice blend, to taste
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Garnish
- chopped cilantro
- roasted peanuts
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Hot Spice Blend
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder (see NOTE)
- 1 pinch cayenne (or more)
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 pinch allspice
directions
- Prepare Hot Spice Blend. In a small bowl mix together the ingredients. If not using immediately, store the blend in a small spice jar away from light and heat. NOTE: Use pure chili powder, not Mexican chili powder used to season chili con carne; the ingredients will lend the wrong flavor to the blend.
- Prepare Sauce. In a medium saucepan, combine the prawn shells, tomato juice, coconut milk and peanut butter. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring often. Season with some hot spice blend to taste. Bring the mixture back to a boil and then pass it through a sieve; discard the shells.
- Prepare Rice. In a large 2-quart saucepan, bring the rice, coconut milk and water to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes. Take an occasional peek to make sure the rice isn't sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Prepare Plantains. Season the plantains with salt and white pepper. In a large skillet heat the oil over medium-high heat and sautéthe plantains on both sides until brown and soft, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Prepare Prawns. Season the prawns with some hot spice blend and cook them on an oiled grill or grill pan until heated through, about 7 to 10 minutes.
- To serve, mound the rice in the middle of six warm plates and ladle the sauce around. Lay the shrimp against the rice mounds, place a plantain in between each shrimp and garnish with the peanuts and cilantro.
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Loved it! Did everything as instructed, except (there's always an "except" LOL) toned down the heat in the spice blend. I halved the recipe and the result was a perfect amount for the three of us at dinner. I shaped the rice in timbale molds, and placed the rice on top of a pool of sauce and then surrounded the rice with the shrimp and plantains as directed. This was very simple to put together and the result is a very elegant dish.
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