Prawn, pumpkin & coconut stew
Serves 4
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
Cook an exotic, Asian-style stew of prawn and pumpkin for an easy-to-make yet impressive dinner. Serve with rice if you like
Skip to ingredients
- 1 medium onion
- 2 tbsp groundnut oil
- 4 garlic clovescrushed
- 2 red chilliesdeseeded and chopped
- 3cm cube fresh gingergrated to a purée
- 400ml coconut cream
- 750ml chicken or fish stock
- 350g pumpkinpeeled and cut into 3cm cubes (prepared weight)
- 150g waxy baby potatoeshalved or quartered
- 20g fresh corianderleaves picked, stalks finely chopped
- 400g large raw prawnsshelled
- 300g baby spinach leaves
- 1-2 limesjuiced
- ½ tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp fish sauceplus extra for seasoning
To serve
- red chillithinly sliced
- limewedges
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal613
- fat42g
- saturates31g
- carbs21g
- sugars14g
- fibre4g
- protein36g
- salt2g
Method
step 1
Halve the onion, then cut each half into crescent moon-shaped wedges about 2cm thick at the thickest part. Heat the oil in a casserole dish. Cook the onion until soft and pale gold, then add the garlic, chillis and ginger, and cook for 2 mins more. Stir in the coconut cream, stock and some seasoning. Heat carefully, but don’t let it boil.
step 2
Add the pumpkin and potato, season again, then add the coriander stalks. Simmer until the pumpkin and potatoes are tender. Use a wooden spoon to squash some of the pumpkin if you want to to thicken the stew a little, but don’t break it down too much (you don’t want a purée).
step 3
Add the prawns and spinach. Cook gently until the prawns are opaque, about 3 mins. Stir in the lime juice, sugar and fish sauce. Taste the stew, then adjust the flavour with more lime or fish sauce as needed. Roughly chop the coriander leaves, then stir them through. Top each portion of the stew with some sliced red chilli, and serve with lime wedges on the side.
