Barbecued Tiger Prawns with Coconut Recipe
by Caroline Martins
2
30 minutes
Ingredients

  • 4 tiger prawns, shell on
  • 40g of coconut oil
  • 40g of coconut powder, very fine desiccated coconut
  • 4 banana leaves, cut to be the thickness of the body of the prawn
  • salt
  • lime juice
Method
1

Peel the middle of each tiger prawn – just a strip between the head and the tail, so that the middle of the body is exposed

  • 4 tiger prawns, shell on
2

Season the exposed part of the prawns with the coconut oil, coconut powder, salt and lime juice. Wrap a strip of banana leaf around the middle of the prawn

  • 40g of coconut oil
  • 40g of coconut powder, very fine desiccated coconut
  • salt
  • lime juice
  • 4 banana leaves, cut to be the thickness of the body of the prawn
3

Barbecue the prawns in the banana leaves until they are tender, appropriately 2 minutes per side

4

Serve immediately