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The Fair Trade Cook Book


Prawns Kuwait

A simple rice and prawns dish.
This is a Gulf Coast dish from Kuwait.
Quantities are for 4 servings. This a sort of middle eastern fusion of an omelette and Nasi Goreng.

Ingredients

Zaytoun FAIRTRADE Palestinian olive oil
to taste salt
to taste FAIRTRADE freshly ground black pepper
250 gm Traidcraft FAIRTRADE brown basmati rice
400 gm fresh or frozen prawns
2 heaped tablespoons Traidcraft FAIRTRADE cashew nuts
2 medium to large sticks celery
1 medium cooking onion
2 hens eggs
100 gm FAIRTRADE raisins
FAIRTRADE Sources
Fresh food
Cashew Nuts
Raisins
Rice

Method

Preparation

Wash the rice and cook in the normal way. Keep warm.
Roast the cashews either in a non-stick pan over medium heat, or in the oven, Gas Mark 3 for about 20 minutes. The nuts should be golden, but not burnt.
Skin the onion and chop small.
Trim the celery and chop small.
Break the eggs into a bowl and beat with a fork for about a minute.
Defrost the prawns.

Cooking

Reserve a few pinches of onions for garnish.
Heat a little cooking oil and fry the remaining onions and celery for 3 to 5 minutes.
Add the prawns and raisins and continue to cook driving off any excess moisture from the prawns.
Season with salt and pepper, and pour in the beaten eggs.
Continue to cook gently and stir until the eggs are cooked.

Assembly

Arrange the rice on a serving dish and then arrange the eggs and prawns mixture on top. Garnish with the toasted cashew nuts.

Variations

The New Internationalist Food Book recommends using a few beans, some canned pineapple, and a little soy sauce as well.