Steamed Prawns with Papaya-Honey Salsa
Fruity goodness with a prawn – this is how I would describe this recipe.
Personally, papaya or pawpaw is one of my favorite fruits. I like it for breakfast with cottage cheese and a few drops of lime or as a mildly spiced salsa with prawns or other seafood for that matter.
Papaya is a fruit which needs to be eaten at the peak of its ripeness. If the fruit is just a little under-ripe, they are quite tasteless and lack sweetness and flavor and if they are just a bit over-ripe the flesh is getting mushy and has a sort of “tired” aftertaste.
This salsa recipe combines ginger, honey and lime, which I feel is a perfect accompaniment to ripe fully flavored papaya meat and goes well with any freshly grilled prawns or steamed seafood.
Enjoy!
Steamed Prawns with Papaya-Honey Salsa
This recipe of the salsa combines ginger, honey and lime, which I feel is a perfect accompaniment to ripe fully flavored papaya meat and goes well with any freshly grilled or steamed seafood.
Ingredients
- 12 pieces large prawn tails peeled, devined
- 12 pieces lemongrass sticks apporox. 2 inch long
- 150 grams papaya flesh only, diced
- 30 grams honey
- 1 red chillis deseeded, chopped
- 2 lime 1 for juice, 1 for zest
- 20 grams green & red bell peppers deseeded, diced
- 15 grams young ginger root grated
- 20 grams olive oil virgin
- 3 grams cilantro leafs chopped and for garnish
- 3 grams spring onions chopped
- sea salt flakes
- 10 grams red onion peeled, diced
Instructions
- Clean the prawns and boil them in little salt water, cool and set aside.
- Peel off the head and tail, leaving only the tail shell on. Clean and de-vein the prawns.
- Combine all ingredients for the salsa and let them sit and macerate for 30 minutes before serving.
- Using the lemongrass “skewers” to secure the prawns in place, and in order for the guest to hold them on when serving set them on the serving dish.
- With a soup spoon, ladle the sauce onto the prawn.
Notes
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This recipe is caled STEAMED prawns. But you do not explain how you prepare steam the prawns 😉
Hi Hilde,
This recipe can be made with either grilled, steamed or lightly boiled prawns. The recipe instructions describe the latter.
For steaming, use a steaming basket and let the prawns cook between 5 to 10 minutes, depending on their size, until they turn pink/orange and appear opaque.