Gambas with lychee!

If you ever don't know what to do with larger shrimps called Gambas- this is the recipe for you! 

Type of dish: main

Cost: expensive

Difficulty:  medium

Time: 30  min

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking time: 15 min

What you need to make this dish:

Skewers, large frying pan, tablespoon, blender

Ingredients:

• 12 Gambas
• 1 can of lychees
• 1 vanilla stick
• 20ml coconut milk
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 spring of flat fresh parsley
• 1 medium shallot
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 lime
• 2 springs of coriander fresh
• 2 tbsp honey
• Pinch salt
• Pinch white pepper

How to prepare:

Defrost, clean and devein the gambas. Put one gambas on a skewer, then one lychee, then another gambas until the skewer is filled. Put the parsley, garlic and shallot in blender and blend till well chopped, or you can chop it up yourself if you don’t trust your blender. Heat frying pan on medium heat, pour the oil in, fry the skewers until the gambas are pink in color. Add salt and pepper and add the vanilla pod cut in half, then cook for 3-4 min in medium heat. After that pour in the soy sauce, honey, chopped herbs and coconut milk. Cover with lid and leave to cook on low heat for 2-3 min. Then add the lime juice and roughly chopped coriander. Serve immediately with the sauce. You rock!

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Additional info:

Serve with ideas:

Jasmin rice or basmati.