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The Fair Trade Cook Book
The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK
Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World


Prawns Cardamon

Country of origin: U.K.

Ingredients

Prawns:
400 gm chopped tomatoes
15 ml tomato puree
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped fine (red onion is good).
250gm cooked prawns, defrosted if necessary
2 cloves garlic crushed
125 ml FAIRTRADE white wine
A little Fair Trade rosemary, parsley, tarragon and oregano.
2 Fair Trade bay leaves
Rice:
125 gm white basmati FAIRTRADE rice*.
3 Fair Trade cardomon pods
5 ml FAIRTRADE turmeric
5 ml FAIRTRADE cinnamon
Salt and FAIRTRADE ground black pepper
FAIRTRADE Sources
Spices
Rice
Wine

Method

Rinse the rice in a sieve and set aside to drain.
Add the rice to boiling water and add the rice spices and seasoning.
Fry the onion until soft and translucent and then add the crushed garlic.
Whisk the garlic round and then a few seconds later add the herbs and stir.
Add the wine before the herby onions start to stick and the tomatoes and the puree.
Mix nicely and simmer.
Season with salt and pepper to taste
Add the defrosted prawns to the herby mixture and heat through.
When cooked, drain the rice and turnout into serving dishes.
Pour over it the prawns sauce and serve with a twist of lemon and a sprig of parsley.

To serve

Serve hot with garlic bread and a bottle of Altenkirsch summer wine.

Variation

* If you prefer, use brown basmati rice. Just increase the cooking time to 35 minutes then stand for 10 minutes with the cover on.