Sauteed Shrimp With Curried Banana Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 ounces cooking oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon red apple, diced
• 4 bananas, cut in 1 in cubes
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 36 jumbo shrimp, peeled
• salt and pepper
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 ounce cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat the 2 oz cooking oil over medium low heat.
• 2 add the onion, celery and garlic and saute without coloring for about three minutes.
• 3 add all the spiced and saute stirring for another minute.
• 4 add the fruit and chicken stock and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
• 5 puree the sauce in a blender until it is liquid and then strain through a sieve.
• 6 keep warm over low heat.
• 7 sprinkle salt and pepper over the shrimp.
• 8 in a large skillet, melt the butter and oil over medium high heat.
• 9 add the shrimp and saute, shaking the pan back and forth until the shrimp turn pink and are firm.
• 10 don't over cook them.
• 11 place 6 shrimp over each serving of rice or noodles.
• 12 spoon some sauce over each dish.