RECIPE: Tamarind Prawns from What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching!

Poh Ling Yeow believes that the simpler we eat, the happier we are, and in this book she shares all the things she cooks when nobody’s watching.

Reconnect with the simple pleasure of cooking for yourself and others with proper quickies, nourishing bowl food, comfort combos and crowd-pleasing feasts that take everyday ingredients to new and delicious places. Poh also shares hard-won wisdom, musings on the garden and cheeky household tips.

What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching is a celebration of good, honest food and will help you find beauty and ritual in the everyday.

Learn how to Tamarind Prawns from What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching!

love this classic South-East Asian combination because it’s incredibly quick and simple yet produces such a dynamic balance of flavour. You can do a more classic sweet and sour version by substituting the tamarind with ketchup – YUP, ketchup – and if you’re not a fan of seafood simply substitute the prawns for finely sliced chicken or pork.

Tamarind Prawns

Feeds: 3-4 as a shared dish

GF/DF

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 red onion, halved & sliced into 5 mm strips lengthways
• 2–3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 yellow capsicum, quartered lengthways & sliced into 5 mm strips
• 450 g raw prawns, peeled, deveined & butterflied
• 80 ml (1/3 cup) tamarind paste OR 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons sriracha chilli sauce, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1–2 tablespoons fish sauce, or to taste

To Serve

• 1/2 cup roughly chopped coriander, including stalks
• Steamed rice

Method

Combine the olive oil, onion and garlic in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Once it starts to sizzle, cook briefly until the garlic is just starting to turn golden. Add the remaining ingredients and stir-fry until the prawns are just cooked through.

Immediately transfer to a plate, top with the coriander and serve hot with steamed rice.

— What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching by Poh Ling Yeow (Pan Macmillan Australia) is out on the 25th of October.

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What I Cook When Nobody's Watching

by Poh Ling Yeow

Poh Ling Yeow believes that the simpler we eat, the happier we are, and in this book she shares all the things she cooks when nobody's watching.

Reconnect with the simple pleasure of cooking for yourself and others with proper quickies, nourishing bowl food, comfort combos and crowd-pleasing feasts that take everyday ingredients to new and delicious places. Poh also shares hard-won wisdom, musings on the garden and cheeky household tips.

What I Cook When Nobody's Watching is a celebration of good, honest food and will help you find beauty and ritual in the everyday.

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