Konkan Chili Prawns

SERVES 6

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon ginger, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 shallots, chopped
10 curry leaves
36 medium prawns, peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons cilantro, minced
2 tablespoons dry red chilies, chopped
¼ cup low fat yogurt whipped until smooth
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon scallions, chopped

Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or very large sauté pan over very high heat until very hot. Add the ginger, garlic, shallots, and curry leaves and sauté for 1 minute. Add the prawns and cook just until they start to turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes.

Add the soy sauce, lemon juice, chilies and cilantro and cook, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Add yogurt and cook until the prawns are just cooked through. Season with salt.

Serve warm garnished with chopped scallions.