A creamy and coconut curry with the sweetness of Mango.
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 onion
- 30g sliced ginger, skin on
- 3 garlic cloves left whole and peeled
- 10 cloves
- 10 curry leaves
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds
- 1 red birds eye chilli
- ½ tsp tamarind paste
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- sea salt
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1 tin coconut milk 400ml
- 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
- ½ mango, diced
- 1 tbsp runny honey
- 25g baby spinach
- 250g king prawns
- 20g coriander, chopped
- Making the paste is easy, no chopping or fine dicing. Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan. Add half the onion, roughly chopped. Add the ginger, garlic, cloves, curry leaves, fenugreek seeds, chilli; all whole.
- Fry until onions are soft.
- Place into a hand blender or smoothie maker. Add the tamarind and curry powder. Season with salt.
- Blend until it becomes a smooth paste.
- Slice the remaining onion. Add a little more coconut oil to the pan and fry the sliced onions until soft.
- Add the paste, cook for a few minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and stir through.
- Add the coconut milk. pour a little water to the blender to get all remaining paste scrapings and pour into the pan.
- Stir, then add the desiccated coconut, the mango and honey.
- Mix well, let this bubble for 5-10 minutes.
- taste for seasoning, you may need to add a little more salt.
- Add the spinach and prawns.
- Stir, and cook for another 5 minutes then add the coriander. Stir through then serve.

