Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 kg Prawns 1 Glass water or white wine
150 g Chopped onion 30 g Finely chopped parsley
2 Crushed garlic cloves Salt and red pepper

Wash the prawns thouroughly, breaking off the feelers or legs which
are too long. Fry the chopped onion in a heavy frying pan until
golden. Add the prawns and continue cooking until they turn red in
colour.

Season and add a glass of water or dry white wine to the pan, then the
crushed cloves of garlic and a light sprinkling of paprika. Cover
the pan and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes. Check the
seasoning, sprinkle over the fresh parsley and serve hot.

From "Tahitian Cooking", Michel Swartvagher and Michel Folco. le
editions du pacifique, Papeete-Tahiti, 1980. ISBN 2-85700-062-6.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; September 13 1992.

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