Okra stew with prawns

Okra stew with prawns

ingredients
1 tablespoon lime juice
450g/1lb peeled and deveined raw prawns
50g/2oz butter
6 tablespoons chopped spring onion
225g/8oz okra, topped, tailed and sliced
225g/8oz canned sweetcorn
3 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
2 fresh red chillies, seeded and sliced
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon tomato purée
salt and ground black pepper

• Mix the lime juice with the prawns
and set aside.
• Heat the butter in a frying pan and
sauté the onions for 3 minutes. Add
all the remaining ingredients
except the prawns to the pan, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the prawns and bring to the
boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove and discard the bay leaf,
and serve hot.
serves 4