[jyotirmoy]

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Title :: Prawn Malaicurry
Author :: jyotirmoy
Category :: Non Veg
Ingredients ::

• 500gms Prawns
  
• 1/2 cup Coconut milk
  
• 1/2 cup Onions chopped
  
• 1-1/2 tsp ginger paste
  
• 20-30gms Paste of mustard seeds
  
• 2-3 Green chilies chopped
  
• 1 tsp Turmeric
  
• Bay leaves
  
• 1 inch size cinnamon 2 pcs
  
• 6 green cardamoms
  
• 4 cloves
  
• Sugar 1 tsp.
  
• 5 tbsp Mustard Oil
  
• 1-1/2 tbsp. Ghee
  
• Salt to taste
  

Description ::
This the height of Bengali sea food

1) Clean and de-vein prawns and apply a bit of turmeric & salt on the surface.
Sauté them slightly until they turn red.
2) In a pan heat the oil and add the bay leaves followed by cardamom & cloves. Then add the onions, sugar, & fry the chopped onions until pale golden brown. Now add the ginger paste, turmeric, green chilies, and mix well.
Then add the sautéed prawns into the pan. Mix well so that the prawns are coated with the masala.
3) Next add the coconut milk to the contents of the pan cover and cook for 10 minutes till the gravy has become thick. Add the ghee, keep covered for 5 minutes before serving.

Serve with rice or loochis.


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[Strawberry_Blonde]

Jyothi, what are the long tubes in the pic? They look more like to crabs legs  or is it me?

[jyotirmoy]

Strawberry_Blonde, on May 29 2006, 04:16 AM, said:

Jyothi, what are the long tubes in the pic? They look more like to crabs legs  or is it me?

These are the claws & legs of the jumbo prawns. There is soft flesh inside these & very tasty.

[sugarnspice]

Jyoti, are they crayfish?

[jyotirmoy]

sugarnspice, on Oct 31 2006, 11:09 AM, said:

Jyoti, are they crayfish?

No. They are jumbo prawns from south-east coast. We don't have crayfish here. The last I ate crayfish was in San Sebastian, northern Spain.

[cyberhippie]

Them's some impressive Jumbo Prawns Jyoti   

[neeleem]

I don't think they are crayfish as Crayfish are not found in India. I think these are Jumbo king prawns (Golda-Chingri). Is that right Jyoti da?

Oops! Too much happened since I started typing  

[cyberhippie]

Hmm a fresh water prawn must be delicious. So how did you get them from West Bengal To Delhi???

[jyotirmoy]

cyberhippie, on Oct 31 2006, 11:23 AM, said:

Hmm a fresh water prawn must be delicious. So how did you get them from West Bengal To Delhi???

Delhi has become a big market for both fresh water & seafish. Markets here are now full of all types of fish transported as well as flown in from all parts of India and Hilsa fish from Bangladesh.

Yes Neeleem they are Golda Chingri

[neeleem]

Frozen fish come all the way from India and Bangladesh to the UK. So Delhi should be easy. The Billingsgate market in London (largest wholesale fish market in the UK) sells fish from all over the world early in the morning everyday. I once bought about 8KG fresh tiger prawns in straight from India. They weren't frozen. They were brought fresh in crates filled with crushed ice. Quality was A1.  

Also I remember as a child, I used to see big sacks of Rohu, Katla and Pabda fish being sent by train from Mettupalayam to Howrah (for Bengalis obviously   ) to be sold in fish markets in Kolkata. These were caught in the Bhawanisagar in Mettupalayam.

[cyberhippie]

Delhi just gets better and better doesn't it Jyoti, Neeleem I've seen Billingsgate n the TV it looks like a facinating place wander around!!

Maybe fish for dinner tonight????

[neeleem]

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Neeleem I've seen Billingsgate n the TV it looks like a facinating place wander around!!

Maybe fish for dinner tonight????

Billingsgate is fantastic. Only bad news is it opens at 5 am and I am a 5 hr drive away. So to get there I would have to finish work on friday then leave home at 1 am in the morning to get there.  

It hardly lunchtime for me (quarter to 12) and this discussion is making me salivate. I suspect it will be fish/ prawns for dinner tonight   .

[jyotirmoy]

8 Kg. of Tiger Prawns !!!! No wonder I seldom find them here. To eat good Indian tiger prawns I may have to go to London or Tokyo.
Neeleem you haven't done a wise thing leting me know this.... who knows who turns up where with what intentions when.....

[neeleem]

    Well I was visiting a friend in SE London and as it is not easy for me to visit that market too often. So I acted fast and emptied my pockets! Had to take the precautions of putting lots of ice in the packaging to ensure they stay well during the drive back. They safely made it to my freezer and gave us lots of delicious prawn dinners!  

I told you before that my tongue seldom rests!

[neeleem]

Quick Fish Meal Bengali Style

This is not really a recipe, so instead of putting it as a seperate recipe I will just add it to Jyoti Da's Prawn Malai Curry post.

Take any fresh fish or prawns. Rub a bit of salt and turmeric on the fish/ prawns and marinate for 10 mins. Fry them in oil (preferably mustard oil for the authentic Bengali flavour) for a few mins (time depending on type/thickness if fish piece). Put two teaspoons of the oil used for frying on a plate of hot rice, break and rub a green chilli in, put some salt and mix the rice up with the mashed chilli and salt. This rice will make a lovely meal with the fried fish. This will work with any fresh fish or prawns.

[Shilpaks]

if ur in delhi u must try the "garlic pepper butter crab" at swagath(in def colony market or the malviya nagar market, preferred the service at malviya nagar market swagath though) , its awesoooooooome
and jyothida I only keep hearing abt wht u cooked, when do I get to taste some of ur cooking

[cyberhippie]

Jyoti you can find good tiger prawns in Goa, a farm near Karwar does them for around 180 rupees a kilo!!

I actually travelled back to Delhi with a women who was running a tiger prawn farm in North Goa!!

[jyotirmoy]

Shilpaks, on Nov 1 2006, 05:09 AM, said:

if ur in delhi u must try the "garlic pepper butter crab" at swagath(in def colony market or the malviya nagar market, preferred the service at malviya nagar market swagath though) , its awesoooooooome
and jyothida I only keep hearing abt wht u cooked, when do I get to taste some of ur cooking

Yes I second that, Swagath is definitely a place to go for this crab dish, they use soft shell crabs. Another must not miss place is Ploof in Lodhi colony.
Yes some day Shilpa for sure. We had been talking about a meet up & cooking dinner for a long time but it hasn't yet happened. With winter setting in a picnic can be planed.