We all know bengalis and their love for fish and prawns and of course sweets. Well, bengal and orissa/odisha is blessed with many varieties of river fish and prawns and crabs and scampis because of the flow of rivers like ganga from himalayas, mahanadi in orissa and of course bay of bengal on the east. The river fishes available are lighter in texture as compared to the fishes available in the west. The fish/prawns here have a sweeter taste as compare dto the western cousins. There are many fish dishes which are extremely popular throughout the world. Chingdi malai curry, daab chingdi, macher jhol, bhapa maach, fish paturi are to name few. We shall make chingdi malai curry today. Its usually made of tiger prawns. They are bigger in size and have a considerable amount of flesh which make is best for the recipe.