Cape Malay Prawn Lentil Dahl

Recipe

Indulge in the rich flavors of Cape Malay cuisine with this easy but delicious Prawn Lentil Dahl recipe. Perfect for family dinners or special occasions, the recipe combines basic ingredients such as lentils, and traditional Cape Maly spices, with prawns, elevating it to impress your dinner party guests! This dish will tantalise your taste buds and transport you to the vibrant streets of Cape Town.

Ingredients

(for 4 servings)

• 500g Split red lentils

• 25g Cape Malay Spice

• 2 x 400ml Tins Coconut Cream

• 6 Red Onions

• 1 pack Let’s Cook, Crushed garlic & ginger, chilli and turmeric.

• 800g Wild pink prawns

• 4 Limes

• Salt and Black pepper for seasoning

• Olive oil for cooking

  
  
  

Preparation

1. Dice 4 small onions and brown in a pan with olive oil.

2. Add the Cape Malay spice mix and fry for a further 5 minutes until aromatics are released.

3. Add the fresh garlic, ginger, chilli and turmeric and fry for 5 minutes.

4. Add two tins of coconut cream and slow cook for 20-25 minutes. The lentils must still be slightly firm when you take it off the heat as overcooking them will make a porridge like texture.

5. In a cast iron pan, on high heat, fry the prawns for 2 minutes per side.

6. Slice one onion into thin rings and slice limes in half for serving.

7. Plate your Dahl, place a prawn, onion and lime on top.

8. Optionally serve with coriander and flatbread.

   
   
   

About Shawn Godfrey

Shawn Godfrey is an entrepreneur based in Cape Town, South Africa. After the Covid-19 lockdown saw his business in financial distress, cooking was the creative outlet that helped to keep him sane. To keep track of his recipes, and encourage friends and families to join him, he starts his instagram account The Roasted Dad.

Fast-forward to late 2021 - on a whim Shawn (encouraged by his wife Lianne) enters MasterChef South Africa. It is a crazy time of life: running a 200 people business and struggling to keep it profitable, two small children with a third on the way, and about to move into a new house. But when Shawn gets selected to be one of the 20 contestants participating in the fourth season of MasterChef South Africa, he decides to go all in. Leaving his 7-month-pregnant wife to look after their then three and one-year-old children, he battles it out and comes back home five weeks later with the trophy and a million rand prize money in his pocket.

It all started with an Instagram account, but The Roasted Dad is so much more now. Shawn has stayed his entrepreneurial self and whilst he hosts Private Dinner Parties and Cook-with-Me Demos, does Restaurant Take-Overs, he still runs the lighting company and several other businesses.

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