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Prawns in tomato sauce served with rice and red lentils
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Prawns in tomato sauce served with rice and red lentils

22 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 2 openrecipes

This recipe was cooked by amateur chefs as part of the BBC's Step Up to the Plate television programme.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

446
Calories
36g
Protein
15g
Fat
46g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
  • sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 plum
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 8 uncooked king prawns
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
  • sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 small tomato
  • 600ml/1 pint vegetable stock
  • 200g/7oz red lentils
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 200g/7oz long grain

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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