Seafood Recipes - Tandoori Prawns

Ingredients

• 900g/2 lb prawns (shrimp), peeled

• juice of 1 lemon

• salt

• 2 cloves garlic, grated

• 2.5 cm/1 in ginger root, grated

• pinch of pepper

• 5 ml/1 tsp paprika

• 5 ml/1 tsp garam masala

• 5ml/2 tsp ground roasted cumin

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground coriander (cilantro)

• 5ml/1 tsp ground turmeric

• 45 ml/3 tbsp natural (plain) yoghurt

• 75ml/5 tbsp oil

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Method:

1. Sprink1e the prawns with the lemon and salt. Puree all the remaining ingredients except 60 ml/4 tbsp of the oil. Mix with the prawns, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. Heat the remaining oil and fry the prawns and marinade for about 5 minutes until the oil appears on the surface and the sauce is thick. Serve hot with mint chutney.