20-24 prawns, deveined
\n2 lemons
\n1\u00c2\u00bd cups coconut, scraped
\nSalt to taste
\n5 cloves garlic, crushed
\n2 fresh red chillies, stemmed, finely sliced
\n1 tbsp fish sauce (Nampla)
\n1 tbsp oil
\n1 tsp sugar
\n3 Kaffir lime leaves
\n7-8 basil leaves, hand torn
\nFor red curry paste
\n1 medium onion, roughly chopped
\n4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
\n8 – 10 whole dry red chillies
\n4 inch piece lemon grass, roughly chopped
\n2 tsp coriander seeds
\n1 tsp cumin seeds
\n6 black peppercorns
\nSalt to taste<\/p>\n
Squeeze lemons and set juice aside. Add one and a half cups of warm water to scraped coconut, grind and remove coconut milk. For red curry paste grind together onion, garlic, red chillies, lemon grass, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black peppercorns and salt to a fine paste.
\nTake prawns in a bowl. Add salt, one tablespoon of lemon juice and one tablespoon of red curry paste and mix. Add half the crushed garlic, half a tablespoon of fish sauce and mix. Heat oil in a pan and add the remaining crushed garlic, fresh red chillies, marinated prawns and saut\u00c3\u00a9 for two minutes. Add a little water and bring to a boil.
\nAdd the remaining red curry paste and bring to a boil again. Add coconut milk, salt, sugar and mix. Add lime leaves, the remaining fish sauce and mix.
\nAdd basil leaves torn with hands and the remaining lemon juice. Mix and serve hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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