Pink Sauce for Pasta (Shrimp)

This beautiful pink shrimp sauce made with cream, tomato, cayenne pepper, cumin, and lemon pairs perfectly with any kind of pasta.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 565 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice
• ¾ cup water
• salt to taste
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ground black pepper to taste
• ½ teaspoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 4 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 ½ teaspoons grated fresh ginger root
• 1 tablespoon mustard seed
• 2 pounds medium shrimp - peeled and deveined

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place tomato puree in a measuring cup. Add enough water to make a total measure of 1 cup; pour into a medium bowl. Stir in cream, ginger, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper to taste, and sugar. Cover and refrigerate until needed.

Step 2

Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add mustard seeds. As soon as they begin to pop, add garlic. Stir once and add shrimp. Cook and stir until shrimp turn opaque; sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3

Stir in pink sauce and heat gently without boiling; serve over hot cooked pasta or rice.