Mauritian Prawn Rougaille
Recipe by Jasmin Aumeer
Rougaille is a classic Mauritian dish from the Mauritian creole cuisine. It is based on a tomato sauce with typical Mauritian spices. As it is not very difficult to prepare and usually never disappoints your guests, it represents one of the main dishes served in Mauritian everyday life.
Course: SecondiCuisine: MauritianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+
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4
servingsPrep time
20
minutesCooking time
30
minutesTotal time
50
minutesIngredients
2 large 2 onions
3 3 garlic cloves
1 slice 1 of ginger
1 1 chili
500 g 500 large tomatoes
3 large 3 carrots
300 g 300 prawns (peeled)
1 1 lemon
Pistachios
Fresh coriander
Salt
Pepper
Vegetable oil
Basmati rice
Directions
- Chop the onion, cloves of garlic, ginger and chili. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and add the chopped ingredients.
- Chop tomatoes and carrots.
- Add salt and chili to the prawns and put the prawns in the pan. Sear at a high temperature for thirty seconds.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes and carrots to the pan.
- Add salt and half of the fresh coriander.
- Let it simmer for at least 20 minutes.
- Add the remaining half of the fresh coriander and then add pepper.
- Serve with basmati rice, pistachios and a slice of lemon.
- Feel free to replace the prawns with other ingredients like meat, fish, or eggs.
Equipment
- Large pan
- Saucepan for the rice
- Sharp knife
Notes
- Feel free to replace the prawns with other ingredients like meat, fish, or eggs.