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Caril de Camarão
A prawn-curry version. This account follows Vanessa Iva’s MMO Camarão com Caril, with butter, olive oil, white wine, whisky and cream. It keeps that formula separate from coconut-and-peanut versions.

About Caril de Camarão
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
A prawn-curry version. This account follows Vanessa Iva’s MMO Camarão com Caril, with butter, olive oil, white wine, whisky and cream. It keeps that formula separate from coconut-and-peanut versions.
Curry and finishing herbs. The recipe seasons prawns with curry, salt and pepper and finishes with chopped coriander and limão slices. It does not provide a tasted finished flavour description.
Cream added after boiling. Cream is poured in after the liquids come to a boil and the mixture is left to apurar. The exact finished thickness, appearance and serving temperature remain unreported.
Ingredients in Caril de Camarão
The selected MMO list has 30 g butter; 6 garlic cloves; 1 kg prawns; 1 dl olive oil; 1 dl white wine; 1 dl cream; 1 bay leaf; 1 onion; 1 teaspoon caril; 1 sprig chopped coentros; half a dl whisky; limão slices as needed; and salt and pepper to taste. White rice appears in the serving step and is retained separately. Caril’s exact powder/paste/mixture form is not established; limão and unqualified pepper are not narrowed to a particular canonical identity. No tomato or coconut milk belongs to this selected formula.
Source limits: No finished temperature/time/sensory assertion from frying heat.
Source limits: Related peanut/coconut formula is separate.
Source limits: Marketing natural/absence claims excluded.
Source limits: Compound formulas and contacts genuinely unknown.
- 30 g butter[2]Cooking mediumSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- 6 garlic cloves, chopped[2]Recipe ingredient
- 1 kg prawns, peeled/head-tail removed[2]Recipe ingredient
- 1 dl olive oil[2]Cooking mediumSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- 1 dl white wine[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- 1 dl cream (natas)[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- 1 bay leaf[2]Recipe ingredient
- 1 onion, chopped[2]Recipe ingredient
- 1 teaspoon caril; exact powder/paste/mixture form unresolved[2]Identity unresolved
- 1 sprig coriander, chopped[2]Topping or garnish
- Half dl whisky[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- Limão slices qb; exact regional citrus identity unresolved[2]Identity unresolved
- Salt to taste[2]Recipe ingredient
- Pimenta to taste; exact pepper identity unresolved[2]Identity unresolved
- White rice, unquantified[2]Separate accompanimentSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
These foods describe the cited recipe. Ask the kitchen about its version and any additional ingredients or handling.
Origins & food traditions
Explore the countries and cooking traditions associated with this dish. These connections do not establish a single birthplace or limit where the dish is eaten today.
Vanessa Iva’s publisher describes prawn curry as typical of Mozambique. This is an attributed country association rather than an origin/invention claim. Stephanie’s MasterChef Brasil recipe is a separately captured coconut/peanut sauce plate with cassava farofa, rice and pineapple; it is not imported into this formula.
Source limits: No finished temperature/time/sensory assertion from frying heat.
Source limits: Related peanut/coconut formula is separate.
Source limits: Marketing natural/absence claims excluded.
Source limits: Compound formulas and contacts genuinely unknown.
Countries
Cuisines & regions
Associations in the cited sources
These describe source-specific cultural or geographic connections. Catalogue links may still need review.
- Countries & places
- Mozambique
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.
Sources & references
Primary: Vanessa Iva, MMO Camarão com Caril, full native page and complete recipe card. Related only: Stephanie’s MasterChef Brasil Caril de Camarão, full Band page/card, with missing ingredient nouns and unspecified seasoning mix retained as limitations. FSA guidance supplies narrow Milk/Crustaceans category and cross-contact context.
Source limits: No finished temperature/time/sensory assertion from frying heat.
Source limits: Related peanut/coconut formula is separate.
Source limits: Marketing natural/absence claims excluded.
Source limits: Compound formulas and contacts genuinely unknown.