Singaporean Prawns with Sweet Basil Leaves
Singaporean Prawns with Sweet Basil Recipe only Singapore's multi-ethic culture and heritage serves up some amazing dishes that combine ingredients from around Asia, great colors, aromas and some of the best street food in the world. This, like so many good Asian recipes is very simple and easy to create as long as you use fresh ingredients. INGREDIENTS 600 g raw, fresh medium prawns 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons dry curry paste (see below) 3/4 cup (185 ml) coconut milk 2 teaspoons fish sauce 2 teaspoons palm sugar Handful of Thai sweet basil leaves, for garnish 1 long red chili, seeded and finely sliced, for garnish Dry Curry Paste 2 dried long red chilies 2 lemongrass stalks, white part only, finely sliced 3 cm piece, fresh peeled galangal, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 4 Asian shallots (purple), finely chopped 6 coriander roots, washed, finely chopped 1 teaspoon, shrimp paste 1 teaspoon ground cumin, dry roasted 3 tablespoons unsalted peanuts, chopp...