Grilled Prawns with Yellow Lentil Puree
Visit a Blue Island Fish Market for your peeled Prawns (tail on)
Prepare the ingredients:
1. Cook the yellow lentils
2. Prepare the puree
3. Marinate the Prawns
4. Cook the Prawns
5. Serve
Method:
Pour the olive oil into a saucepan and sauté the onion until soft. Add the lentils, vegetable stock cube, orange juice, water, lemon juice and salt. Cook over medium-high heat for about 20 – 25 minutes. Once cooked, strain the excess liquid and pour the mixture into a blender bowl. Add the margarine and blend into a smooth puree.
Next, place the prawns into a bowl and marinate with olive oil, lemon zest and thyme. Season with salt and pepper and mix. Cook under a grill or in a grill pan for 2 minutes on each side.
Skewer the prawns onto sticks and serve with the yellow lentil puree.
Ingredients
Adjust Servings
| Ingredients for the Yellow Lentils: | |
| 1 cup of Yellow Lentils | |
| 2 tbsp Olive Oil | |
| 1 medium sized onion, chopped | |
| 1 cup Orange Juice | |
| 2 cups Water | |
| 1 Vegetable Stock cube | |
| Juice of a Lemon | |
| 1 tsp Margarine | |
| Salt | |
| Ingredients for the Prawns: changethistotitle | |
| 1 kg Prawns 16/20 size | |
| 1 tbsp Olive oil | |
| Zest of half a lemon | |
| 2 Sprigs of fresh Thyme | |
| Salt | |
| Ground Black Pepper |