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Karides (Prawns)

Asia › Turkey
serves 4 1 hr Medium 18 versions
With Seafood Iftar Stovetop
Karides tarifi
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Thai Prawn Soup

One of 18 versions of Karides (Prawns). The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 4 people
  • 150 gram prawns · medium
  • 200 gram cream
  • 200 gram milk
  • 100 gram grated coconut
  • 5 piece small shallots
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 teaspoon coriander · ground
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon hot chilli flakes · isot will also do
  • 10 piece peppercorns
  • 1 piece grated lemon zest
  • 25 gram butter
  • 2 slice white bread
  • 1 teaspoon salt

How to make it

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  1. Shell the prawns while they are still raw.
  2. Put the cream and the milk in a pan and work them together with a spoon; add the grated coconut and the salt and bring it to the boil once.
  3. Take it off the heat and leave it for 30 minutes.
    30 min
  4. Chop the shallots and the garlic very finely.
  5. Pass the rested coconut milk mixture through a fine sieve into a pan. Press down on the coconut left in the sieve with your hand so that it drains well.
  6. Add the coriander, the soy sauce, the sugar, the hot chilli flakes, the peppercorns and the grated lemon zest to the milk.
  7. Turn the heat on; add the finely chopped onion and garlic as well and cook the soup for 10 minutes without letting it boil.
    10 min
  8. Add the prawns and keep it over a gentle heat for another 10 minutes.
    10 min
  9. Fry the white bread cut into cubes in butter until golden, scatter it over the soup and serve.
Tips

Do not let the soup boil; the cream splits and the scent of the coconut is lost. Pressing the coconut left in the sieve to squeeze it out noticeably improves the taste of the soup.

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Karides (Prawns) versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

On skewers, with bay leaf base Cantonese Fried Greek style, baked In a casserole In garlic sauce Indian style Jumbo, with spinach Kavurma with ginger On skewers, prawns in plaice Pilaki, cold Provence Sweet and sour Thai-style soup With peppers With spinach With squid, in a casserole With vinegar
Ingredient On skewers, with bay leaf Cantonese Fried Greek style, baked In a casserole In garlic sauce Indian style Jumbo, with spinach Kavurma with ginger On skewers, prawns in plaice Pilaki, cold Provence Sweet and sour Thai-style soup With peppers With spinach With squid, in a casserole With vinegar
salt ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
black pepper ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓
garlic — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ ✓
pepper ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ —
onion — — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓
oil — ✓ — ✓ — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓
parsley — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — — ✓
tomato ✓ — — ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — ✓ ✓
butter — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ —
lemon juice — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — —
olive oil ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — — —
soy sauce — ✓ — — — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ — — — —
vinegar — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — ✓ — — — — ✓
white wine — — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
bay leaf ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
mushrooms — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — ✓ — — ✓ — —
potato — — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ — — — — — — —
brandy — — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
carrot — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — — — — —
cornflour — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
flour — — ✓ — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
ginger — ✓ — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
lemon ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
sandwich kaşar cheese — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ —
spinach — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — ✓ — —
sugar — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — — —
apple juice — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
basil — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — —
bechamel sauce — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — —
beer — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
bread — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
broccoli — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
coriander — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
cream — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
curry powder — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
dry sherry — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
egg — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
frying oil — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
grape vinegar — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
grated coconut — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
hot pepper sauce — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
hot sauce — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
kaşar cheese — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — —
labneh — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
lemon zest — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
margarine — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
meat stock — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
milk — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
oregano — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
plaice fillet — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
shallots — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
squid — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
sweetcorn — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
tinned mushrooms — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
tomato paste — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — —
tomato puree — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
water — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — —
white cheese (feta-style) — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

On skewers, with bay leaf

serves 4 45 min

A grill in which large prawns dressed with lemon are threaded onto skewers with bay leaves, tomato and pepper and cooked over the fire.

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Cantonese

serves 4 50 min

Small prawns left to rest in a spiced egg mixture and fried; Chinese style.

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Fried

serves 4 40 min

Prawns coated in a hot sauce made with beer and fried; with a garlic and olive oil sauce alongside.

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Greek style, baked

serves 4 50 min

Prawns baked with white cheese over a tomato sauce; sauteed with wine.

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In a casserole

serves 4 55 min

A hot starter in which prawns, mushrooms and tomato are baked in earthenware dishes with kaşar cheese.

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In garlic sauce

serves 4 50 min

Prawns boiled in vegetable stock; with a garlic sauce brought to the thickness of cream with potato alongside.

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Indian style

serves 4 35 min

Prawns flambed with brandy and cooked with curry powder, white wine and meat stock; the sauce is bound with flour.

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Jumbo, with spinach

serves 2 30 min

Jumbo prawns cut in half and sauteed, on a bed of spinach that keeps its bite.

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Kavurma with ginger

serves 4 40 min

A Far Eastern kavurma in which raw prawns are fried in hot oil with ginger and garlic and seasoned with soy sauce, wine and hot sauce.

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On skewers, prawns in plaice

serves 4 50 min

A dish in which prawns are put inside strips of plaice and rolled up, threaded onto skewers with lemon zest and bay leaves, and fried.

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Pilaki, cold

serves 4 1 hr

An olive oil pilaki in which boiled prawns are cooked with carrot, potato and tomato and served cold.

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Provence

serves 2 20 min

Jumbo prawns coated in parsley and garlic and fried; flambed with brandy as they are served.

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Sweet and sour

serves 4 40 min

Prawns and vegetables sauteed in a Far Eastern sweet and sour sauce. The sauce is made beforehand.

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With peppers

serves 4 35 min

A quick recipe in which boiled and peeled prawns are fried in butter with paprika.

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With spinach

serves 6 1 hr

A gratin in which spinach, mushrooms and prawns are layered and baked with bechamel and kaşar cheese.

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With squid, in a casserole

serves 4 45 min

A seafood casserole in which prawns and squid are sauteed with mushrooms, pepper and tomato and baked in an earthenware dish with kaşar cheese.

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With vinegar

serves 4 20 min

Prawns fried with garlic and vinegar and finished with tomato. A hot starter ready in a quarter of an hour.

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