Travelling Gourmet

Recipe
Thai Red Curry Prawns
Zone Diet Recipe for Weight Loss

1 tablespoon grated ginger
5 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon grass
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots

peanut oil for frying
2 cups Asian long beans or green beans, blanched and chopped into inch long pieces
16-20 large prawns, peeled, tail off
1 teaspoon Thai red curry paste
4 tablespoons coconut cream (thick paste on top of canned coconut milk)
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
1 teaspoon fish sauce
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Stir-fry first 4 ingredients in 2 tablespoons peanut oil.
Add blanched beans and fry an additional 2 minutes.
Remove from pan and set aside.
Reheat pan on high and add peanut oil.
Sauté prawns for 2 minutes until almost cooked through and set aside.
Reheat pan on high and cook curry paste for one minute on high.
Add the coconut milk to the curry paste, mixing well and bring to a boil.
Toss in bean mixture, prawns, macadamia nuts and fish sauce and stir fry 1 minute.
Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

Makes 2 servings.
Calories 547 per serving
Net Carbs 14.3 grams per serving.