Chingri Malai Curry - The Bengali Prawn Recipe

By Risha Ganguly

Bengalis are known to make delicious dishes of sea-food and prawns. The sheer variety of the recipes will get you amazed. Here is a recipe for the famous chingri maacher malai curry.

Ingredients

250 gms prawns Mustard oil Ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp haldi 1 tsp jeera 1 tsp dhaniya 5-6 green chillies Fresh cream Salt as per taste

Step 1

Clean the prawns and marinate with salt and turmeric. Shallow fry them in  mustard oil.

Step 2

In the same oil, add ginger garlic paste. Cook for a couple minutes and add powdered spices.

Step 3

Add the prawns after 4-5 minutes. Cook in the masala for a couple more minutes and add water.

Step 4

Add the green chillies and fresh cream. Simmer for 2 minutes and take off the heat.