East Indian
Chingri Malai Curry (Bengali Prawn Coconut Curry)
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Chingri Malai Curry (Bengali Prawn Coconut Curry) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rub the prawns with a little turmeric and salt and set aside.
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Heat the ghee in a wide pan and temper with the cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf until fragrant.
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Add the sliced onion and fry gently until soft and translucent, about 6 minutes, without letting it brown, then stir in the ginger paste.
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Add the remaining turmeric and the prawns, and sear 3 minutes on each side until they just turn pink, then lift them out onto a plate.
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Pour the coconut milk and water into the same pan, add the sugar and salt, and simmer 6 minutes until it thickens slightly.
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Slide the prawns back in with the slit green chilies and simmer 4 minutes more, just until the prawns are cooked through; do not let them overcook or they turn rubbery.
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Serve hot with steamed rice.
Serve it with
A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chingri Malai Curry (Bengali Prawn Coconut Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chingri Malai Curry (Bengali Prawn Coconut Curry) carries dairy, shellfish, and coconut. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 340 kcal
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 14 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chingri Malai Curry (Bengali Prawn Coconut Curry) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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