Watamu means: "The place of the Sweet People" It is a small village on the Indian Ocean North of Mombasa. Watamu Beach boasts a stretch of one of Africa's most beautiful coastlines. White sands, clear blue water and a coral reef with unique marine life – a little paradise.

Here is one of our favorite recipes from Watamu.

• 1 kg medium sized prawns, peeled and cleaned.
  (We buy them fresh from the fishermen but frozen ones will do).
• Salt the prawns lightly, add the juice of one lime and refrigerate for 30 minutes or so.

The sauce:

• 3 peeled and chopped tomatoes
• 1 clove garlic crushed
• ½ onion chopped

Lightly sauté all the above in some olive oil and add:

• 1 small can tomato paste
• 2tbs of Tomato Ketchup
• 1 shot of Tabasco
• ½ a beef cube dissolved in a little orange juice

Simmer all for a few minutes.
Add the prawns and simmer for 5 – 6 minutes
Serve in a coconut shell with Nan bread or rice on the side.