FRIDAY’S RECIPE: SHRIMP CURRY

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Shrimp Curry
Shrimp Curry and Roti Canai

Friday’s Recipe for this week is shrimp curry, Trinidadian street food that I had last week at the Trini-Paki Boys cart on West 43rd street for lunch.  This recipe is not from the Trini-Paki Boys cart, but is courtesy of Hawker Street Food, which has a lot of great recipes for street food from around the world.

He pairs the shrimp curry with roti canai , the Indian bread, but I had it over white rice, which is easier.  I’m sure the roti canai is a good choice too, if you want to go the extra mile.

Take it away Hawker:

“This is a fairly simple curry recipe that can be cooked a couple different ways. I like to use canned tomatoes so that I can use roasted without burning anything. There are a couple different ways to do the curry too, and you can choose whether to use whole seeds or ground. Depends what you have handy – we tend to have plentiful ground cumin, so that’s what I use.”

Shrimp Curry

Your choice – for the curry, use:

1 Tbsp curry paste or powder

– or –

3/4 tsp cumin

3/4 tsp coriander

3/4 mustard

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp tumeric

1/2 tsp red pepper

You can either grind this from seeds or use ground spices

2 Tbsp oil

1 onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

2-3 in. grated ginger

1 can of diced tomatoes

1/2 cup water

1 tsp salt

1 1b medium shrimp, shelled, de-veined and cleaned

2 Tbsp fresh lime juice

Directions

  1. Cook the onion, garlic and ginger over medium heat until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add the spices or paste and cook 2 minutes more.
  3. Add the tomatoes, water and salt and stir. Bring to a boil, then simmer until most of the water is boiled off.
  4. Add the shrimp and stir well. Cover and let the shrimp cook for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove from heat and stir in the lime juice.