Prawn and tomato stew with coriander sauce from Falastin: A Cookbook (page 212) by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley

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Notes about this recipe

Foodycat on February 17, 2024

Absolutely delicious - I used half-shelled prawns, which were particularly good, but the combination of the rich sauce with the charred tomatoes and prawns, with feta and the coriander sauce was just wonderful.
Dinovino on December 06, 2023

Can substitute pine nuts with walnuts
Ishie1013 on March 03, 2023

Absolutely wonderful. I sprinkled in a little feta, as the recipe suggested and used a poblano pepper since the other person I was serving can't handle spice. It was absolutely delicious and went well with some za'tar biscuits I also made. I'll definitely make this again. I did do the extra step of pan frying the shrimp though I did it at the beginning, not the end.
lorloff on May 09, 2021

Loved this it was really delicious. We did not have cilantro so I substituted a combination of parsley and basil. We added olive oil to the pesto and a little garlic. We had very hot chiles in the house so instead of using one in the dish and one in the sauce we used half in each which came out perfectly. We like hot food but you have to taste your chiles. Will definitely make again a real success. We thought about cooking the shrimp in the sauce but chose in the end to do as the recipe instructed and it came out perfectly. Under cook the shrimp a bit in the pan and finish in the sauce. The pan roasted cherry/grape tomatoes were little bursts of heavenly flavor throughout the dish. Great technique. Serve this with Israeli Couscous. The Pitim recipe in Balaboosta.
Vibou on September 25, 2020

This was absolutely delicious. Smells fantastic while it’s cooking, the pesto finished it off beautifully.
Lepa on July 21, 2020

We didn't love this. There were a lot of moving pieces and the end result wasn't worth it. I will note that I had frozen shrimp and I suspect fresh would have tasted better.
Astrid5555 on April 18, 2020

Excellent, another winner from this book! Despite all the spices, both (!) kids liked the stew. Had to substitute almonds for pine nuts in the pesto, and just could not be bothered frying the prawns before adding them to the sauce. Just let them simmer in the sauce until done, served with whole wheat couscous.