The Maharaja’s King Prawn Pilau

Peel the ginger using the edge of a spoon. Next just finely dice the ginger.

Toast your cashew nuts in a large non-stick pan on medium high heat. They will take a few minutes to brown off but watch them like a sheepdog as they can burn really quickly. Remove them from the pan and keep them for later.

Turn the heat to medium and add a tsp of butter (if you have some) together with 1 tbsp of oil. Gently cook the onion for about 4 mins until soft. Add the fresh ginger, garlic, ground (not fresh) coriander, turmeric and chilli. Cook for 2 more mins.

Add the rice and cook for 2 mins before adding 350ml of water, a ¼ tsp of salt and the crushed cardamom pods. Bring the water to the boil, put a lid on the pot and turn the heat to low. Cook for 10 mins then leave off the heat for another 10 mins. Don’t peek under the lid until 20 mins are up or your rice won’t be perfect!

While the rice cooks, heat 1 tbsp of oil in a non-stick pan on high heat. Cook the sugar snap peas for 4 mins, then remove. Meanwhile, chop up your prawns into pea-sized chunks. Once the sugar snap peas are removed, add 2 tsp oil and fry the prawns in the pan with a pinch of salt and pepper and cook until they have just turned pink.