Okra stew with prawns

serves 4
ingredients
1 tablespoon lime juice
450g/1lb peeled and deveined
raw prawns
50g/2oz butter
6 tablespoons chopped
spring onion
225g/8oz okra, topped, tailed
and sliced
225g/8oz canned sweetcorn
3 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
2 fresh red chillies, seeded
and sliced
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon tomato purée
salt and ground black pepper
• Mix the lime juice with the prawns
and set aside.
• Heat the butter in a frying pan and
sauté the onions for 3 minutes. Add
all the remaining ingredients
except the prawns to the pan, and
simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the prawns and bring to the
boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove and discard the bay leaf,
and serve hot.