Prawn malaikari (called Chingri malaikari in Bengali) is one of the most sought after Bengali prawn recipe. Its a delicious yet easy recipe and is a regular recipie in any bengali occasion or just in a family lunch or dinner.
Ingredients:
- Prawn / Shrimp - 1 lbs or 4 nos.
- Cup Coconut Milk - 1 cup
- Medium Size Onion - 1 nos
- Ginger Paste - 1 tbsp
- Slitted Green Chili - 4
- Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
- Bay Leaf - 2 nos
- Sugar - 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
- Whole Cardamom - 2 nos
- Cinnamon - 1/2 "
- Whole Cloves - 4 nos
- Cooking Oil - 50 gms
- Salt to taste.
Direction:
- First of all wash and clean the prawns completely.
- Rub some turmeric powder and add salt and turmeric on the prawns and keep aside.
- Chop the onions. Crush cardamom, cinnamon and cloves in a mixer grinder.
- Heat oil and fry onions to a light brown.
- Now add the garlic and ginger paste, bay leaf, red chilli powder and fry for about 5 - 7 minutes.
- Now add the cleaned prawns and fry along with the spices for a few minutes.
- Add coconut milk, sugar, salt and the ground the spices (cardamom, cinnamon and cloves).
- Cover the vessel and simmer in medium heat for about 10 minutes.
- Now add green chillies and again close the cover for another 10 minutes.
- Serve it hot with rice.
Trivia:
Our very own dada Sourav Ganguly (ex. Indian Cricket Team Captain) loves to eat prawn malaikari so much that when he is at home he regularly eats it.
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