Vegetables with shrimps, stewed in tomato sauce

Vegetables with shrimps stewed in tomato sauce is a tasty, juicy and healthy dish.

Ingredients

• Onions (finely chopped) - 3/4 cup
• Celery stalk (finely chopped) - 2 pcs.
• Bulgarian green pepper (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup
• Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic (chopped) - 3 cloves
• Canned tomatoes without skin (cut into cubes) - 400 g
• Tomato sauce - 240 g
• Cold water - 3/4 cup
• Bacon (fried and crumbled) - 1/4 cup
• Dried parsley - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Dried thyme - 1/2 tsp
• Curry powder - 1/2 tsp
• Ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp.
• Cayenne pepper - 1/4 tsp
• Wheat flour - 1 tbsp. l.
• Fresh shrimps of medium size (peeled) - 500 g
• Boiled rice, for garnish - 3 glasses

Directions

1. In a large thick-walled saucepan, heat the olive oil, add the onions, celery and green bell peppers, fry, stirring occasionally, until soft. Then add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute more. Put tomatoes, tomato sauce in a saucepan, pour 1/2 cup water, add bacon, parsley, sugar, salt, thyme, black pepper, curry powder and cayenne pepper, bring to a boil. Then reduce heat, cover the pan and simmer for about 30 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining water and flour, add this mixture to the saucepan. Bring to a boil again and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1-2 minutes, until thickened. Then put the shrimps in a saucepan and cook, uncovered, for about 5 minutes, until the shrimps are pink.
3. Serve the dish with rice.