Shrimp Dumplings in Coconut Gravy/ Chingrir Rashbora/ Bengali Food

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Ingredients

For the shrimp balls or dumplings

250 g shrimps (de-shelled, de-veined, heads and tails removed)

1 onion finely chopped

4-5 green chilies finely chopped

3 tsp ginger juice

1 tsp turmeric powder

salt to taste

oil for greasing

For the curry

3 tbsp mustard oil

2 bay leaves

2 tsp fennel seeds

1 big onion thinly sliced or you can also use onion paste

2 tsp ginger paste

2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp red chili powder or as per taste

1.5 tbsp fennel powder freshly ground

salt to taste

1/2 tsp sugar or as per taste

1 cup of hot water

250 ml coconut milk

4 tsp ghee

Dry red chillies

Kashmiri Lal Mirch


Method

Wash the prawns, pat dry. Ground it to a coarse paste using mixer.
Take the paste in a bowl, add all the ingredients onion slices, chilli slices, turmeric, salt and mix well.
Grease the palm with a little oil, form small round balls from the prawn dough. Keep aside on a greased plate.
For the curry
Mix turmeric powder, red chili powder and fennel powder in a little water to form a paste.
Heat oil in pan, add in the fennel seeds and bay leaves and let it splutter. Stir in onion slices or onion paste and ginger paste, cook over a medium flame till the onion is lightly browned and the raw smell of onion and ginger is no longer there.
Add the masala paste, sauté over a medium flame till oil is gets separated from the masala.
Lower the flame, add a cup of warm water and the coconut milk. Allow to simmer for 5-7 minutes.
Slowly add the prawn dumplings into the curry, simmer for another 5-8 minutes.
Adjust seasonings, add in the ginger juice. Sprinkle a pinch or two of fennel powder. Now in a tadka pan heat a dollop of ghee, add dry red chilli and kasmirii lal mirch. Stir the tadka into the gravy. Serve with hot rice or pulao.
Category
Bengali Food
Tags
Shrimp Dumplings, chingrir rashbora, bengali food
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