Thai Yellow Curry with Prawns | What Dad Cooked

Ingredients

• 800g king prawns with their shells
• 20 dried red Thai chillies – the type that look like a pointed finger – about 6cm long
• 3 large shallots – about 185g
• 2 thumb-size pieces of ginger or galangal – about 75g
• 25g fresh turmeric – or 1 tsp dried turmeric
• 4 stalks lemon grass
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbs shrimp paste
• 25g palm sugar
• 250ml chicken stock
• 400ml water
• 100g tamarind pulp with seeds
• A good pinch of salt
• 400ml good quality coconut milk
• 200g long green bean
• 200g bamboo shoot – ideally from oriental store
• Nam pla – fish sauce to taste
• 3 limes
• Fresh coriander