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Friday, April 11, 2014

Prawns in Black Bean Sauce

In my quest for thin-dom, or at least thinner-dom, I have been cooking with minimum fat and maximum vegetables. No need to lose out on taste or to feel hungry!

This recipe was inspired by a Rosemary Conley recipe, but I have changed some of the ingredients and used more of a casserole technique rather than stir fry. So pretty much all that is left is the name and even then I have used prawns which were not in the original! If you dont eat fish or meat, this would still be good without, just add a few more vegetables, perhaps courgettes or deseeded cucumber.

Prawns in Black Bean Sauce

1 onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

200g raw tiger prawns

3 small aubergines

1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped into large pieces

2cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped

1 tbsp soy sauce

Jar of blackbean sauce

2 tomatoes, chopped

seasoning to taste

1. Gently saute the onion and garlic in a tsp of oil until soft. Add the diced aubergine and cook for about 5 minutes.

2. Add the remaining ingredients and cook slowly for about 30 minutes until the aubergine is cooked and soft.

3. Add the raw prawns and cook for a few minutes until they turn pink.

4. Serve with rice or noodles.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Toasted Prawns Vegetable

Toasted Prawns Vegetable

Ingredients

Onion 1
Green capsicum 1
Red capsicum 1
Ridge gourd 1
Carrot 1
Oil 2 – 3 tbsp
Garlic paste 1 tsp
Fruit vinegar 1 tbsp
Worchester sauce 2 tbsp
Jumbo prawns 300 gm
Leek stick 1
Celery stick 1
Salt to taste
Crushed black pepper 1 tsp
Mustard paste 1 tbsp
Cream cheese 2 tbsp

Method

Cut vegetables (onion, green capsicum, red capsicum, ridge gourd, leek, celery stick and carrot) into strips.Add in salt to taste, 1 tsp freshly crushed black pepper, 1 tbsp mustard paste, 1 tbsp fruit vinegar and 2 tbsp cream cheese. Mix very well. Spread vegetable mixture in an oven proof tray. Bake in a preheated oven on 200 degrees for 8 – 10 minutes.Marinate 300 gm jumbo prawns with a little salt. Now grill in a grill pan with a little oil for a few minutes.Spread baked vegetable mixture in a serving platter, top with toasted prawns and serve hot.