serves
4
prep
10 minutes
cook
25 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
25
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Ingredients
- 500 g green prawns
- 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
- 2 cm galangal (or ginger), sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, lightly crushed
- 1 coriander plant, roots and stems
- 4 makrut lime leaves
- 1 large red chilli, sliced
- 400 g mixed Japanese mushrooms (shiitake, enoki, oyster, King oyster mushroom)
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 4 spring onions, sliced diagonally (optional)
- 1 tbsp Thai chilli paste (nam prik pao)
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar (optional)
- 3 limes, juiced
Instructions
- Peel the prawns and place the prawn shells into a large saucepan. Cover with 2 litres of water and bring to the simmer. Cook for 15 minutes, then strain through a fine mesh strainer. Return the stock to the saucepan and discard the prawn shells.
- Bring the stock to a simmer and add the lemongrass, galangal, garlic, coriander roots and stalks (reserving the leaves for later) and lime leaves. Simmer for 5 minutes. If you like you can add these aromatics in with the prawn shells and strain them out, but I prefer to leave them in.
- Tear the mushrooms into bite-sized pieces and add the chilli, mushrooms, tomatoes and chilli paste. Simmer for about 3 minutes until softened, then add the prawns and spring onions (if using). Simmer for a further minute or two until the prawns are just cooked through.
- Season with fish sauce, sugar (if using) and lime juice and garnish with the reserved coriander leaves.
Note
• We used Pantai brand of Thai chilli paste, available at Asian grocers.
Photography by Kitti Gould.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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