Shrimp with Creamy Alavar-Style Sauce

Name: Shrimp with Creamy Alavar-Style Sauce
Total time: 40 s
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 cloves garlic peeled; 1 piece thumb-size ginger peeled; 1 piece thumb-sized turmeric peeled; 4 pieces Shallots peeled; 2 pieces Red Chili; 1 kilogram large shrimp butterflied; 2 sachets MAGGI® Magic Sarap®; 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil; 2 pieces green finger chili biased; 1/4 cup crab roe paste (taba ng talangka); 2 tablespoons Calamansi Juice; 1 cup Water; 1 cup Coconut Milk; 1 packet NESTLÉ® All Purpose Cream; 2 sprigs Cilantro

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Skill Level

Intermediate

Main dish
Nuts / Peanuts-Free
receta de sopa sencilla

INGREDIENTS

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6	cloves	garlic, peeled
1	piece	thumb-size ginger, peeled
1	piece	thumb-sized turmeric, peeled
4	pieces	Shallots, peeled
2	pieces	Red Chili
1	kilogram	large shrimp, butterflied
2	sachets	MAGGI® Magic Sarap®
1/4	cup	Vegetable Oil
2	pieces	green finger chili, biased
1/4	cup	crab roe paste (taba ng talangka)
2	tablespoons	Calamansi Juice
1	cup	Water
1	cup	Coconut Milk
1	packet	NESTLÉ® All Purpose Cream
2	sprigs	Cilantro

STEPS

Step 1	Pound garlic, ginger, turmeric, shallot and chili using a mortar and pestle into a paste. (10 mins)
Step 2	Season shrimp with 1 sachet of MAGGI® Magic Sarap®. Pre heat a large pan and pour oil. Sauté shrimp for 1 minute per side. Remove and set aside. (10 mins)
Step 3	Add paste mixture in the same pan and sauté for 2 minutes. Add finger chili, crab roe and calamansi juice. Cook for another minute. (5 mins)
Step 4	Pour water, coconut milk and NESTLÉ® All Purpose Cream. Simmer for 5 minutes. (5 mins)
Step 5	Season with remaining 1 sachet of MAGGI® Magic Sarap®. Place back sautéed shrimp and simmer for 2 minutes. Transfer on a serving plate, top with cilantro and serve immediately. (5 mins)