Bengali Prawn in Coconut Milk Curry/ Chingri Maacher Malai Curry
Bengali Prawn in Coconut Milk Curry/ Chingri Maacher Malai Curry

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bengali prawn in coconut milk curry/ chingri maacher malai curry. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This Chingri Macher Malai Curry also know as Prawn Malai Curry will knock your socks off! That dripping sauce, the meaty prawns, the fewer spices is enough to make it that one popular sought after curry. Sauteed Jumbo Prawns slow simmered in an extremely fragrant sauce whose main ingredient is coconut milk.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bengali prawn in coconut milk curry/ chingri maacher malai curry using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Bengali Prawn in Coconut Milk Curry/ Chingri Maacher Malai Curry:
  1. Prepare 1/2 Kilogram Prawns (I used 8 large prawns, with heads)
  2. Prepare 2 Cinnamon Sticks of
  3. Get 3 Pods Cardamoms
  4. Prepare 5 Cloves
  5. Take 1 Onion Medium , paste
  6. Get 1 Tablespoon Ginger-Garlic paste
  7. Get To Taste Salt
  8. Take 1 Teaspoon Sugar
  9. Take 3 Tablespoons Curd Yogurt / Plain
  10. Get 2 Cups Coconut Milk
  11. Take 2 Green Chillies , slit (optional)
  12. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Haldi Powder /
  13. Take 1/3 Cup Mustard Oil
  14. Take 1/4 Cup Water

Chingri Macher Malai Curry is a traditional Bengali recipe rather delicacy, where Golda Chingri or Lobster is cooked in onion - tomato gravy and then addition of coconut milk makes the curry more rich and creamy, thus the name 'malai curry'. Though I made it with jumbo shrimps as we both are not fan of lobster. Taste of this Prawn malai curry came out delicious, neither too spicy nor too sweet. Sprinkle on the salt, turmeric and paprika and mix well.

Steps to make Bengali Prawn in Coconut Milk Curry/ Chingri Maacher Malai Curry:
  1. In a non-stick wok, add about half of the mustard oil, and heat it up.
  2. Meanwhile, marinate your prawns with a little bit of salt and turmeric powder.
  3. Add the prawns to the wok once the oil is hot.
  4. Sauté the prawns on medium heat till they turn yellow/orange in colour. Remove, and put aside.
  5. Add more oil to the wok.
  6. Add whole pieces of cinnamon, cardamon, and clove. Wait for them to splutter.
  7. Now, add the onion paste, along with the ginger-garlic paste. Also add salt and rest of the turmeric powder.
  8. Pour in more oil if required, and cook this mixture on medium heat for 4-5 mins. The paste should turn slightly brown in colour, and should not smell raw.
  9. While the paste is cooking, put the curd in a small bowl and whisk it well.
  10. Once the paste is cooked, bring the heat to low, and then add the curd. Mix well.
  11. Now add in the sugar. Stir.
  12. Finally, pour in the coconut milk. Add the chillies. Let the gravy simmer for 2-3 mins.
  13. Add in the water. Then place the prawns into the gravy.
  14. Stir gently. Cover with a lid, and let this cook for 3-4 mins.
  15. Add more sugar and salt if required. This gravy is meant to be sweet-savoury in flavour, so make sure it doesn't taste just salty.
  16. Serve with hot white rice! And watch everyone lick their fingers! :)
  17. PS: If you don't have coconut milk, then add 3-4 tablespoons of coconut powder to 2 cups of water. Use this mix. It works perfectly well!

Dupure Ranna Korlam Sobar Bhalolagar Chingri Malai Curry. Very Very Tasty Prawn Malai Curry. Prawn malai curry ( Prawn with coconut milk) recipe. Prawn Malai Curry is a traditional Bengali preparation of prawns in fresh coconut milk. Creamy Chingri Macher Malaikari is a delicious Bengali style delicacy where lightly sautéed prawns are simmered in a spiced coconut milk gravy.

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