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West African Curried Lobster with Rice Recipe
Serves/Makes: 4
Ingredients:
- 2 live lobsters (about 2 pounds each)
- 1 cup fresh shrimp, cleaned
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2/3 cup melted butter
- 1 cup cubed eggplant or cucumber
- Salt and garlic powder to taste
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons Malawi Curry Powder
- 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 2 teaspoons cayenne
- 2 cups stock from boiled lobster and shrimp, or 2 cups coconut milk (optional)
- 4 cups cooked rice
How to cook:
- Wash lobsters and shrimp and boil for 7 to 10 minutes in salted water with 1 tablespoon chopped onions. When cooked, remove the lobster meat from the shell and cut into pieces. Reserve the stock and shells.
- Peel the shrimp, devein and wash, then sprinkle both lobster met and shrimp with lemon juice.
- Heat the butter in a large skillet and saute remaining onion for 5 minutes. Add the eggplant or cucumber, lobster meat, shrimp, salt, and garlic. Cook for another 10 minutes.
- Pour the tomato sauce over the entire mixture, then stir in the remaining spices, one after the other, then add the stock or coconut milk.
- Simmer, stirring from time to time for 20 minutes.
- Serve the West African Curried Lobster hot. For a festive touch, fill the lobster or crab shells halfway with hot boiled rice and spoon sauce over rice.
Comments:
This West African recipe features lobsters, which are scarce and difficult to catch, making them a very special and expensive meal. Crab meat is often substituted as it is much more affordable and accessible.
Tips:
How to kill live lobsters Make sure not to overcook the lobsters. Boil lobster 4 minutes for every pound.
This recipe for West African Curried Lobster with Rice serves/makes: 4
Main Ingredient: Lobster
Preparation Method: Poached/Simmered
Cuisine: African