Prawns In A Butter-tomato Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 200 ml single cream
• 4 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons olives or 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 25 g unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 tablespoons shallots, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 1/4 lbs medium raw prawns, peeled and de-veined
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients for the sauce in a bowl, whisk until smooth. cover and chill until needed.
• 2 melt butter and oil in large frying pan over high heat. when hot, add cumin seeds and let sizzle for 10 seconds.
• 3 put in shallots and garlic, stirring until very lightly browned.
• 4 add the prawns, turmeric, coriander, cayenne and salt.
• 5 stir and fry until the prawns have just turned opaque.
• 6 pour in the sauce and heat it through, stirring as you go.
• 7 serve immediately.