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     Title: Australian Prawns
Categories: Mia. herald, Seafood, Ethnic, Australia
     Yield: 8 servings

     1    Piece ginger (2"); peeled
          -and coarsely chopped
     1 lg Onion; coarsely chopped
     1    Red bell pepper; coarsely
          -chopped
     4    Ripe tomatoes; coarsely
          -chopped
     4 c  Fish stock
     1 tb Fish sauce (Nam pla)
   1/4 ts Cayenne
     4 c  Coconut milk
    24    Prawn tails
   3/4 c  Cilantro; finely minced
   1/2 c  Parsley; finely minced

 Place the ginger, onion, red pepper and tomato in the food processor
 until smooth. Transfer to a heavy casserole and cook at high heat,
 stirring, for 3-4 minutes,  Add the fish stock, fish sauce and
 cayenne, and stir to mix well.   Bring to a boil, turn the heat down
 and simmer for about 10 minutes.  Add the coconut milk and prawns and
 cook on hihg heat stirring, for about 3 minutes. Turn down to a
 simmer and cook anothe 3 minutes. Stir in the cilantro and parsely
 before serving. Taste and adjust seasonings by adding more fish sauce
 and cayenne.

 Nutritional info: 539 cal; 29g pro; 20g carb, 41g fat (65%)

 Source: Kitchen Tropicale Miami Herald, 3/7/96 formatted by Lisa
 Crawford, 6/22/96

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