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Healthy prawn stir-fry

A silver wok is filled with prawns, chopped peppers and green vegetables

Healthy prawn stir-fry

Name: Healthy prawn stir-fry
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 8 curry leaves; 1 small onion thinly sliced; ½ red pepper sliced; ½ green pepper sliced; 3 cloves garlic finely chopped; a thumb-sized piece ginger shredded; 4 plum tomatoes roughly chopped; 180g pack raw peeled king prawns; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp ground cumin; a small bunch coriander torn; rice to serve; 1 lime wedged to serve

Adam Bush

Published: July 11, 2019 at 12:07 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 25 mins

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Stir fragrant spices with juicy king prawns and sweet peppers for a protein-packed Indian-style midweek meal ready in under half an hour

Gluten free

Healthy

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp black mustard seeds
8 curry leaves
1 small onion

thinly sliced
½ red pepper

sliced
½ green pepper

sliced
3 cloves garlic

finely chopped
a thumb-sized piece ginger

shredded
4 plum tomatoes

roughly chopped
180g pack raw peeled king prawns
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
a small bunch coriander

torn
rice

to serve
1 lime

wedged to serve

Nutrition: per serving

kcal150

low
fat4.6g

low
saturates0.4g
carbs11.2g
sugars9.4g
fibre5g
protein13.3g

high
salt1g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the vegetable oil in a wok and cook the mustard seeds and curry leaves for a minute, then add the onion and peppers, and cook for 5 minutes until charring at the edges. Add the garlic and ginger, and cook for a minute, then add the tomatoes and 150ml of water. Cook over a high heat for 10 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down and become saucy.
step 2

Stir in the prawns, turmeric and cumin, and cook gently for 5 minutes until the prawns are cooked through. Season and stir in the coriander. Serve with rice and lime wedges to squeeze over.

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