Tamarind Yabbies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, sliced thinly
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon thick tamarind paste
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 4 medium tomatoes, chopped coarsely
• 24 medium uncooked yabbies (about 1.5kg)
• 50 g baby spinach leaves

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a medium pan; cook onion, ginger and garlic, stirring until soft.
• 2 add juice, sugar and tamarind and the water and bring it all to the boil then simmer it for about 3 minutes.
• 3 stir in the tomato and simmer for another 20 minutes until the mixture thickens.
• 4 add the yabbies, cook stirring for about 5 minutes until the yabbies are just changed in colour.
• 5 serve with spinach.