It has been salads and grilled chicken for lunch and dinner these past couple of weeks which is fantastic! I’ve even got back into my running and feeling a lot stronger with much more energy!
Now that the weather is cooler in the evenings, I find myself craving for a warm asian dish with a slight kick of chilli. So last night for dinner, I decided to treat us with this simple no oil and no salt dish. This is my grandma’s recipe, which she usually makes with blue crab…but seeing as I still have this weird fear of cooking crabs, I substituted it with prawns instead.
Ingredients
• Fresh prawns (without shells)
• Half a fresh pineapple (roughly cut)
• 2 shallots, 4 cloves garlic, fresh chillies, black peppercorn (pound these in a pestle & mortar – adjust the chilli according to your own taste)
• Coconut milk
• Fish sauce
• 1 lemongrass
• Turmeric powder (if you can get fresh turmeric, pound around half thumb size of it with the garlic & shallots)
• Cilantro (optional)
Method
1. In a wok/saucepan, place all the pounded ingredients, coconut milk, turmeric powder, lemongrass, fish sauce and leave to simmer on a low heat for 15 to 20 mins until you get a lovely aroma.
2. Add the pineapples into the wok, gently stir them and leave to soften slightly for 3 mins.
3. Add the prawns and simmer till they are cooked thoroughly. (You can add cilantro at this point if you wish.)
Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with boiled white rice…
This dish is a little sweet, a little spicy and the aroma of the pineapples in the coconut milk was so divine, I was immediately transported back to my grandma’s kitchen.
Maybe one day I’ll gather my courage to make it with crabs!
Have a wonderful Thursday!💛
My Simple Delights 
What is it about crabs??
I don’t know, they somehow remind me of spiders!!! Until today if I want to have crabs, my husband will have to crack them open for me and pick out the meat before I can have it!! Haha! Weirdo that I am!😬
Not weird, we all have our foibles xx
I’m trying to get back to my running routine too! This dish looks so yummy, and lovely pictures 🙂
Here’s that lemongrass we saw! This looks great, I wouldnt have thought to not put salt, but hey if it works it works (should try that sometimes). I’ve been thinking about trying things with crabs too, if we lived nearer we could get meet up and do it together, it would be fun!
Thanks Sofia, yes finally…lemongrass!!! I tend not to use salt if there’s fish sauce in my dish as I find it could get too salty. Oh I know, if only you lived here or me in Barcelona!!! That would be sooo much fun!! You can always come visit!😊
Making use of that lemongrass I see! Looks so good! I’ve been envious of all your fresh salads these past weeks on Instagram and now I’m envious of your fresh prawns with pineapples. 🙂
Haha yeah this dish needed lemongrass. I’ve made it a few times before without it and it wasn’t like my grandma’s. I just love the smell of lemongrass!! Fantastic aroma! Aww thank you Ngan, if you lived closer you could have popped over for those salads!! 😊
I would pop over for your cooking if I could!
The no oil no salt title dragged me in. Awesome combination of foods and flavors. I am transported to the seaside lol 🙂
Haha! Thank you! Glad it dragged you in!😉
Lovely combination Farianti 🙂