Gambas Pil Pil
Great Curry Recipes recipe - European
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 8 tablespoons light olive oil
- (600g/1 ½ lbs) peeled prawns
- 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 – 2 red bird’s eye chillies, cut into thin rings
- 1 teaspoon smoked sweet or hot paprika
- 2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
- Salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Pour the oil into a frying pan over medium heat and add the chopped garlic. You can add the garlic when the oil is still cool as it will infuse its flavour into the oil as it heats up.
- 2
When bubbles begin to form around the garlic, stir in the chillies and prawns and fry until the prawns are pink on the exterior and just cooked through. This should only take a couple of minutes. Be sure to stir regularly so that you don’t burn the garlic.
- 3
When the prawns are cooked, stir in the smoked paprika and parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste. You could eat this as it is but I like to serve gambas pil pil with a loaf of hot sour dough, perfect for dipping and soaking up that amazing flavour.