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Garlic Prawns and Coconut Rice

Brenda Janschek
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

GARLIC PRAWNS

  • 20 prawns - shell devein and remove tails
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 6 garlic cloves peeled and finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup continental parsley finely chopped
  • Sea salt

COCONUT RICE

  • 2 cups basmati rice
  • 1 can coconut milk I use Ayam Brand
  • 1.5 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions
 

GARLIC PRAWNS

  • NB: Cook the prawns in two frying pans so they don't overcrowd the pan (which means halve all the ingredients into the two pans)
  • Heat the oil and butter in each frying pan until butter is just melted and reduce heat to low. Add chopped garlic, parsley, prawns and salt. Cook for 1 minute then turn the prawns and cook for another minute or until prawns turn a deeper pink colour and are cooked through.
  • Spoon prawns onto coconut rice, squeeze over some lemon, and serve with a big green, crunchy salad

COCONUT RICE

  • Pop the rice on to cook and when almost ready, start cooking the prawns
  • In a medium saucepan pop in rice, coconut milk, water and salt, stir and put lid on and cook on medium heat until boiling.
  • Once boiling, turn down heat as low as you can go with the lid on, allowing rice to absorb the liquid. This should take around 20 minutes. Then turn heat off and leave the lid on so the rice can continue to steam for another 10 minutes. When ready to serve, fluff, and spoon onto plates.

Notes

You can just make plain rice if you prefer