Sweet corn and Prawn Chowder Recipe

A delicious oil free recipe Sweet corn and Prawn Chowder
Preparation Time : 35 min
Cooking Time : 45 min
Total Serving : 4
Ingredients For Sweet corn and Prawn Chowder Recipe :
- Sweet corn ( cream style) : 1/2 cup
- Small prawns, shelled and deveined : 16-20
- Potatoes, quartered : 4 medium
- Onion : quartered1 medium
- Celery, roughly chopped : 2 inch stalk
- Salt to taste :
- Green capsicum, cut into small pieces : 1 small
- Black peppercorns, : crushed 8-10
- For stock :
- Prawn heads and shells : 10-12
- Bay leaf : 1
- lack peppercorns : 5-6
- Celery, roughly chopped : 2 inch stalk
- Onion , quartered : 1 medium
- Carrot, sliced : 1/2 medium
Preparation Method for Sweet corn and Prawn Chowder Recipe :
- To make prawn stock, clean, wash and roast prawn heads in a preheated grill for eight to ten minutes.
- Place them in a thick-bottomed vessel along with shells, bay leaf, peppercorns, celery, onion and carrot.
- Add five cups of water and bring it to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for eight to ten minutes. Strain the prepared stock through a muslin cloth and keep aside.
- Cook together potatoes, onion, celery, half of the sweet corn along with two cups of prawn stock and salt in a thick-bottomed vessel till done.
- Strain and reserve the cooking liquor.
- Cool, process the residue in a blender adding the reserved cooking liquor as required till smooth. Transfer the blended potato mixture back into the vessel.
- Add the remaining stock, capsicum and remaining sweet corn.
- Cover and cook on low heat for two minutes.
- Add prawns and continue to cook for another two minutes.
- Add crushed peppercorns, adjust seasoning and cook for a minute.
- Pour into individual soup bowls and serve hot accompanied with breadsticks.