Singapore Curried Shrimp
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Serves: 6-8 servings
 
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch of long green onions
  • 1 box of mixed julienned vegetables (Whole Foods has these in the produce section. If not, squash and bell peppers are always great with curry!)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 small piece of ginger
  • 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 tbsp. fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. honey (Darlington’s Bee Barn Honey)
  • 1 ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk
  • 3 tsp. curry powder
  • 2 pounds raw, peeled, deveined, tail-off shrimp
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Wash long green onions, lime, and julienned vegetables.
  2. Rinse shrimp.
  3. Peel garlic cloves and ginger.
  4. Mince garlic and ginger.
  5. Finely chop onions.
  6. Juice lime.
  7. In a small bowl, mix together garlic, chopped onions, ginger, fish sauce, soy sauce, honey, coconut milk, lime juice, and curry powder.
  8. In a sauté pan, heat olive oil on high heat and sauté shrimp until slightly pink, then put shrimp aside.
  9. Using the same pan, sauté vegetables until lightly cooked.
  10. Then add mixture from bowl to the veggies.
  11. Add cooked shrimp and allow to simmer together for two minutes, or steam in banana leaves for 5 minutes with rice.
  12. (Cook sticky white rice with coconut milk and top with cinnamon).
Notes
Frozen banana leaves are available at Asian markets, but keep in mind that they’re inedible. I didn’t use them for this recipe but they’re fun to work with. Cut out four 10” x 12” rectangles. Wipe them off and season with salt and curry powder. With 1 long edge of each rectangle facing you, lay a layer of rice and curry mixture on top lengthwise and in the center of each (about 1 ½ inches from bottom). Fold short sides of rectangle over mixture. Tie with twine if desired (don't worry if leaves tear). Place in bamboo steamer and steam in a large pot of boiling water (1-2 inches deep) for 2 minutes to seal in the flavors.
Recipe by Model Behaviors at http://fall2014.modelbehaviors.com/singapore-curried-shrimp/