I love Food: Shrimp In Coconut Peanut Butter Sauce

            I know, I know, I am on a diet, but there is nothing wrong with having cheat days (which, by the way is once a week, at a controlled portion of course). Also, it doesn’t stop me from sharing with people.  I love to experiment with food; I find this particularly odd as I do not like cooking (doesn’t mean I can’t cook).  I am going to be posting articles about recipes that I love or will want to experiment with, so if you all try it, please give me a shout out and let me know how it turns out.

              So this recipes is from one of my favorite food bloggers here, 1Qfoodplatter; I love the way she always has something new, travels around the country to know the different kind of food served and how she ingeniously creates a unique dish. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Shrimp in Peanut Butter Sauce, enjoy!

Ingredients

20 pieces fresh shrimps or prawns

1 cup coconut cream (from can)

1 ½ tablespoons Peanut Butter

½ tablespoon ginger paste

Little finger-size fresh ginger (sliced)

¼ onion (sliced)

Green and Red Indian pepper (optional)

Pinch of dry pepper

Chicken seasoning cube

2 tablespoons Vegetable oil

4-6 tablespoon water

Salt to taste

Procedure

1.       Dress shrimps and season with salt, minced ginger and ½ cube of chicken seasoning

2.      Measure coconut cream into a pot, add the peanut butter, 4-6 tablespoons of water, dry pepper, seasoning and salt to taste

 

3.      Bring sauce to a simmer to dissolve the peanut butter well and cook the pepper and seasoning a bit for about 2mins. You have to stir consistently. Set aside for adding to shrimp later.

4.      Heat up the oil, fry the onion and ginger slices for 1 min. add the shrimp and stir fry for 3mins or so. You can toss the pan so as not to bruise the shrimp.

5.      Add the sauce to the shrimp, add the red and green peppers or your regular scotch, low the heat and cook for about 5mins.

6.      Serve with Savory Rice or plain white rice with lemon slices.

Like I wrote, I love to experiment, so you can try this out on any dish that needs sauce.

Image source: http://www.1qfoodplatter.com/

Recipe source: http://www.1qfoodplatter.com/