Chingri Malai Parcel Recipe

Name: Chingri Malai Parcel Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 82 min
Yield: 6 Servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 50 Grams MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder; 300 Grams Prawns; 1 Pinch Salt; 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder; 1 1/2 Cup Warm Water; 4 Teaspoons Mustard Oil; 1 Unit Bay Leaf; 2 Units Green Cardamom; 1 Unit Cinnamon (1 Inch Pieces); 5 Units Cloves; 1 Unit Onion (Chopped); 3 Cloves Garlic; 1 Tablespoon Ginger Paste; 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder; 1 Unit Tomato (Chopped); 1 Teaspoon Sugar; 5 Units Green Chillies (Slit); 3 Teaspoons Ghee; 6 Units Banana Leaves; 1/2 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder; 3 Cups Gobhindobhog Rice

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A conversation about traditional Bengali cuisine can never be complete without Chingri-Malai Curry! Take squares of banana leaves and lightly grease them with some ghee. Place a spoonfull of gobindobhog rice on the leaves, topped with the Chingri-Malai Curry. Fold and secure them with a toothpick. Now, heat the parcels in a non-stick pan. Serve the parcels with Mustard sauce!

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Ingredients

6 Servings

Maggi Coconut Milk Powder

50 gms

Prawns

300 gms

Salt

1 Pinch

Turmeric Powder

0.5 Teaspoon

Water

1.5 Cups

Mustard Oil

4 Teaspoons

Bay Leaf

Green Cardamom (Coarsely Crushed)

Cinnamon (1 Inch Pieces)

Cloves (Coarsely Crushed)

Onion (Sliced)

Garlic (Chopped)

3 Cloves

Ginger Paste

1 Tablespoon

Red Chilli Powder

0.5 Teaspoon

Tomato (Sliced)

Sugar

1 Teaspoon

Green Chillies (Chopped)

Ghee

3 Teaspoons

Banana Leaves

Garam Masala Powder

0.5 Teaspoon

Rice

3 Cups

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Nutritional Information

per serving

Carbohydrates

88.24 g

Energy

695.55 kcal

Fats

9.97 g

Protein

18.28 g

per serving

Recipe steps

82 min

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Prepare ingredients as mentioned in the list. Wash the prawns and smear them with a little salt along with ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder. Keep them aside. Dissolve the MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder in warm water.

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Heat the mustard oil in a karahi and add the bay leaf along with the whole spices. When they start to splutter, add the chopped onion and crushed garlic. Fry the onions just till they turn light brown in colour.

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Now add the ginger paste, the remaining (¼ teaspoon) turmeric powder and the red chilli powder. Fry for a minute.

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Add the chopped tomatoes and fry well till cooked. Then, add the marinated prawns and sauté for 5 minutes.

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Add the prepared MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder, salt, sugar and green chillies. Let it simmer for 8-10 minutes, until the prawns are cooked and the gravy thickens.

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To finish, add 1 tsp ghee and garam masala powder and remove from fire.

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Take a square of banana leaf and grease one side with ghee, Plaxe half a cup of cooked Gobindobhog rice and pour a ladleful of the Chingi Malai curry with 5-6 prawns over the ice. Fold the leaf carefully from all four sides and secure with a toothpick. Make six such parcels with the banana leaves, rice and curry. Heat through in a non-stick frying pan.

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Serve the Malai Chingri parcels with Kasundi.

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