Pithrail River Prawn Cream

Name: Pithrail River Prawn Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (420 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 500 g prawn heads Shrimp; 3 pieces red chili, roughly sliced Fresh Chili; 10 g galangal, roughly sliced Galangal; 8 pieces kaffir lime leaf Kaffir Lime; 5 pieces lemongrass, roughly sliced Lemongrass; 1 Tbsp chili paste (15 ml) Red Chili Past; 480 ml cream Heavy Cream; salt Salt; lime juice Lime Juice

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Thitid “ton” Tassanakajohn recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Thitid “ton” Tassanakajohn.

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Ratio

Red Chili Past 15 mlHeavy Cream 480 ml

Ingredients

Shrimp — 500 g prawn heads
Fresh Chili — 3 pieces red chili, roughly sliced
Galangal — 10 g galangal, roughly sliced
Kaffir Lime — 8 pieces kaffir lime leaf
Lemongrass — 5 pieces lemongrass, roughly sliced
Red Chili Past — 1 Tbsp chili paste (15 ml)
Heavy Cream — 480 ml cream
Salt — salt
Lime Juice — lime juice

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. Michelin 1* (Le Du, Bangkok).

Originally published as River Prawn Cream Sauce.

Adapted from a Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn recipe (Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn / Thai Chef Profiles (Le Du / Baan, chef-provided recipe interview)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces — its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn / Thai Chef Profiles (Le Du / Baan, chef-provided recipe interview) (published as “River Prawn Cream Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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