Grilled Provençal Prawns with Ratatouille Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! The biggest mistake home cooks make when preparing seafood is overcooking it. This is especially true with prawns which are tender, sweet and delicious when cooked properly, but too often end up rubbery and tasteless […]
Prawns with Persian Split Pea Stew Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Persian cooking class! Prawns with Persian split pea stew is a seafood version of the classic Persian dish, khoresh-e gheymeh, in which lamb is braised in a rich sauce with yellow split peas. For me that dish is really all about the […]
Char-grilled Five Spice Prawns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Char-grilled five spice prawns are a great filling for Vietnamese rice flour crepes, bánh xèo, or served simply with a platter of fresh herbs and leaves – such as perilla, Vietnamese mint, Thai basil, bean sprouts and […]
Kerala Thattukada Prawns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Indian cooking class inspired by Ajoy Joshi! In Kerala, on India’s south west coast, street carts called thattukada sell deep-fried chicken coated in a spicy marinade. At Nilgiri’s Indian Restaurant in Sydney, Ajoy Joshi bakes his ‘street cart chicken’ rather than frying it and serves […]
Grilled Piri-Piri Prawns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Portuguese cooking class! Portugal’s favourite sauce is just as good with these piri-piri prawns as it is with the more popular piri-piri chicken; the only difference is the marinating time. Prawn flesh is more delicate than poultry, so the lemon juice in the marinade may […]
Black Bean & Chilli Prawns with Crisp Noodles Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! This black bean & chilli prawns recipe is a riff on Chinese cuisine’s classic black bean and chilli combo often seen with clams, especially pipis. It’s a very versatile seasoning and great […]
Prawns with Strange-flavoured Dressing Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Chinese cooking class! The odd name of this classic Sichuan sauce (also used in bang bang chicken) comes about because the combination of flavours is a strange one that shouldn’t work, yet does. Strange or not, the prawns with strange-flavoured dressing are in a […]
Prawns with Bottarga Butter Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Sardinia! Prawns with bottarga butter is perfect for a quick and tasty dinner – even more so if you keep a roll of bottarga butter in the freezer! Use this recipe as inspiration for all sorts of […]
Prawn Laksa Lemak Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Singaporean cooking class! There are as many different versions of laksa as there are cooks, every Singaporean and Malaysian adds their own spin and there are distinct regional variations. Not all laksas contain coconut milk, but laksa lemak always does. Laksa lemak originated around the […]
BBQ Prawns with Smoky Garlic Butter Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! The smoky parsley and garlic butter I often serve over a grilled steak is just as good with prawns. I love this method of grilling prawns in their shells without turning them onto the flesh […]
