Turmeric & ginger spiced prawns with roasted fennel baby carrots on a quinoa cabbage salad
This is a recipe I created when visitors arrived and I was feeling like something tasty and fresh using some beautiful large wild green prawns I’d picked up on bicycle ride to the fish markets that morning. It’s a winner and my guests were raving the next day about the flavour sensation that were tasting!
Serves 4
Ingredients
Four large green prawns per person peeled & deveined
Marinade
2 tspns macadamia oil
1 tblspn fresh turmeric grated
1 tblspn fresh ginger grated
2 cloves garlic minced
1 red chilli seeded & finely chopped
1 lemon juiced
Roasted vegetables
1 lge fennel bulb sliced top to bottom approx 5mm wide
1 bunch baby carrots
1 tblspn macadamia or coconut oil (melted)
1 tspn cumin seeds
Herbamare seasoning
Salad
1 cup red quinoa
1 cup peas
¼ cabbage finely shredded approx 3mm wide
1 stick celery including leaves finely chopped
½ Spanish onion finely chopped
1 tblspn parsley finely chopped
Himalayan salt
cracked pepper
Dressing
1 tblspn extra virgin olive oil
1 tblspn flaxseed oil
2 tblspns lemon juice
1 minced clove garlic
Method
Peel and remove prawn heads & cut down the back to ‘devein’
Place in a shallow dish
Combine all the marinade ingredients together and pour over the prawns
Mix to coat prawns well and leave to marinade for 1hr
Preheat oven to 180oC
Chop the leaves off the baby carrots leaving a little of the stalk
Brush a little oil onto roasting tray
Lay fennel slices and baby carrots on tray and lightly brush with oil to coat
Season with cumin seeds and herbamare
Roast for approximately 30mins or until tender
Meanwhile boil 2 cups of water or bone broth
Pour in quinoa and stir. Cook for 10-15mins until nearly but not quite cooked
Add peas and cook for a further 5 mins
Drain and set aside
Heat BBQ plate or frying pan on a low temperature
Toss the cabbage onion and celery on a large platter along with the quinoa and peas
Place dressing ingredients in a bottle and shake to mix well
Drizzle ¾ of the dressing over the salad and toss again
Lightly coat pan or bbq with a little oil and place prawns on heat turning a few times until just cooked through, approximately 10mins.
Arrange fennel slices carrots & prawns on top of the salad
ENJOY!
Variations
If you manage dairy, this salad is delicious with added labna or goats cheese as I’ve added here.
Legume & grain free? – easy…….just remove the quinoa and add more cabbage
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