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Jumbo Shrimp with Shrimp Spice – Dinner for Two

March 3, 2012 By Jittery Cook 10 Comments

On a yoga retreat at El Encanto, on the Riviera Nayarit in sunny Mexico, the discussion meandered towards body types. Not yoga body types, Ayurvedic body types. Apparently the key to health is in understanding our own personal body type. There are three basic ones: Vata, “air”,  Pitta,  “fire” and Kapha, the “water” type. Each of us has some of the characteristics of all three.

Find out your body type by taking the Ayurvedic Questionnaire. You’ll have all kinds of new adjectives to contemplate when describing yourself. Are you sensitive, cheerful, adaptable, craving excitement and stimulation? Are you bright, intense, intelligent, practical and ambitious? Or are you the loving, compassionate, caring, home-loving type? An 8-Vata, 5-Pitta 3-Kapha score makes me a Vata-Pitta.

Back to food. This recipe has a secret ingredient, which will no longer be secret once you’ve read on. The secret ingredient smells like the most flavourful Indian curry, but has no curry in the ingredients. Surprised? So was I. Just 1 teaspoon of this aromatic powder makes this recipe perfect.

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Jumbo Shrimp with Shrimp Spice Ingredients

  • 12 jumbo shrimp, peeled with tail tip on, sprayed with a bit of olive oil
  • 1-2 dry shallots, finely chopped
  • 1 scallion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 1 t Crousset Shrimp Spice from La Poisonnerie du Marché at Atwater Market
  • sea salt and freshly ground pepper
  • zest of 1 lemon, another lemon quartered
  • 1/4 c parsley, chopped as garnish
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Coat the shrimp in shrimp spice, salt, pepper and zest.  Sauté the dry shallot, garlic and scallion in olive oil for several minutes until softened, add the shrimp and cook 4 minutes, flipping, just until they turn pink.

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To flavour rice as a side dish, deglaze the pan with a little olive oil, and sauté a few vegetables: scallion, celery, mushroom, coloured peppers. Toss with the cooked rice. Garnish with parsley and quartered lemon.

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Final notes:

  • La Poissonerie du Marché is my new favorite fish store. Anyone who carries a spice mix this amazing deserves patronage.
  • Things you should know about the El Encanto retreat: Jim Vitale is your host. The resort is a work of art in progress — eco-friendly, rustic, good for independent travellers who are self-sufficient. Bring your own yoga instructor and group for a great retreat type vacation. You may visit the waterfall, Secret Beach, petroglyphs, take a bird-crocodile watching boat ride along the mangroves, fall asleep to the sounds of the ocean…all that while escaping winter wonderlands up north.
  • Thank you to Marvin for tasting and liking this recipe. It is another keeper!
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Comments

  1. JOANNE EIDINGER says

    March 3, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Absolutely gorgeous photo of shrimp. Dish looks good enough to eat! Yolking. I am tempted to run out and buy blue dishes, the perfect backdrop for a presentation of crustaceans.

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  2. Liz Joffe says

    March 3, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    I agree, the blue dishes are a knock-out. Looks like another great recipe Holly!

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  3. Anonymous says

    March 3, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    I made this dish tonight! Spectacular! Holly you are genius! If I had ordered this in a restaurant, I would have been oohing and aahing. I now have my very own Jittery cook selection of faves.

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    • Anonymous says

      March 3, 2012 at 6:57 pm

      Woops! Last comment made by Donna. Anonymous does you no good:)

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    • Jittery Cook says

      March 5, 2012 at 7:11 am

      So glad you liked! Feedback feeds the blogger!

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  4. Anonymous says

    March 4, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    Glad you enjoyed your retreat–mine was fab but vegan-no shrimp…can’t wait to try these
    Kathy Myron Sigler

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    • Jittery Cook says

      March 4, 2012 at 5:28 pm

      We also had no shrimp. Vegetarian. Made these before leaving. Can’t wait to try them again. Found these shrimp in the frozen bins at the Metro store on Sherbrooke St. Corner Victoria.

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  5. Liz Joffe says

    March 4, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    a minor comment- a lot of your cool ingredients come from Montreal and not anywhere else (like the shrimp spice) so maybe offer an alternative to your out of town fans? xxxx

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    • Jittery Cook says

      March 4, 2012 at 6:09 pm

      Actually, the link on the spice has info about ordering on line. We live in a world where everything is accessible if you are willing to order online. Glad you asked!

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  6. kellypea says

    March 5, 2012 at 10:59 am

    I’m headed to check out that questionnaire — love things like that! And what a great shrimp dish. I’m looking for stir fry ideas for dinner tonight and have decided it’s got to have shrimp in it now. The spice mix sounds wonderful with that hint of curry and since I don’t have the mix, I’ll have to fake it. Thanks so much for stopping by my site and taking the time to comment — it definitely feeds the blogger 🙂

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