{"id":179,"date":"2022-04-27T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T09:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:15:26","slug":"when-in-rome-eat-like-a-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/when-in-rome-eat-like-a-local\/","title":{"rendered":"When in Rome, Eat Like a Local!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of our East Coast friends very kindly shared this yummy\nKZN favourite so you can give it a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Durban-style Prawn\nCurry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 kg prawns, shelled &amp; deveined<\/li><li>1 large onion, chopped<\/li><li>2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped<\/li><li>4 tbsp tomato puree<\/li><li>1 1\/2 tsp crushed garlic<\/li><li>1\/2 tsp crushed ginger<\/li><li>4 tsp Masala or 2tsp fine chilli powder + 1 tsp rough chilli powder<\/li><li>1\/4 tsp turmeric powder<\/li><li>1 whole green chilli<\/li><li>1 sprig of curry leaves<\/li><li>lemon juice<\/li><li>salt to taste<\/li><li>1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves<\/li><li>mint to garnish<\/li><li>1 tbsp ghee<\/li><li>3 tbsp Oil<\/li><li>freshly ground black pepper<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sprinkle the prawns\nwith lemon juice, salt, 1\/2 tsp of the garlic and saut\u00e9 in ghee till dry.&nbsp; Set aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a medium heat, saut\u00e9\nonions, curry leaves and green chilli in oil, till the onion is soft and\ntranslucent. Do not allow the onions to brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the chopped tomatoes\nand cook till dry \u2013 about 10 minutes. Then add spices and simmer slowly on a\nlow heat for about 10 more minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add in the prawns,\nand simmer for 5 minutes, adding 1\/4 \u2013 1\/2 cup of boiling water if you find the\ngravy too thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garnish with\ncoriander and mint and season with freshly ground black pepper.&nbsp; Serve immediately with white rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enjoy!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our East Coast friends very kindly shared this yummy KZN favourite so you can give it a try. Durban-style Prawn Curry Ingredients: 1 kg prawns, shelled &amp; deveined 1 large onion, chopped 2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped 4 tbsp tomato puree 1 1\/2 tsp crushed garlic 1\/2 tsp crushed ginger 4 tsp Masala or 2tsp fine chilli powder + 1 tsp rough chilli &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/when-in-rome-eat-like-a-local\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When in Rome, Eat Like a Local!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-sandy-place"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}