Prawn/Chingri Malaika- just for a change
@aninditasen (18198)
Raurkela, India
August 21, 2022 8:43am CST
I usually avoid mustard paste but I thought of making something different and special today from the prawns.
This is a special dish from Bengal. We call it " Chingri Macher Malaikari". The dish is very easy but it's the most preferred in Bengal. The prawns are just mixed with a paste of mustard, coconut, ginger and green chilly and some mustard oil. Add sugar and salt according to your taste and just steam it. The dish though is a bit heavy but very tasty. It tastes best with rice or fried rice and so I made it for lunch. I made the raita to neutralize the coconut and mustard oil.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
22 Aug 22
It's a non- veg dish and I don't think you take non- veg.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
25 Aug 22
@anil02 Prawn is a kind of fish which we Bengalis relish a lot.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
25 Aug 22
@FayeHazel Mustard is hot but you can take anything made of yogurt as a combination with the curry just as I made raita from yogurt, cucumber and onions.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
22 Aug 22
It's very tasty indeed. It's a favourite in Bengal.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
22 Aug 22
@aninditasen Is there much hotness from the mustard?
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
25 Aug 22
Yes, it's delicious and healthy too for we use less oil and steam it.
@sathviksouvik (23233)
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2 Nov 23
thanks Aninditaji happy bijoya dashami and laxmipuja. Prawn malaikari is very popular for bengalies.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
2 Nov 23
Wishing you a belated happy bijoya and you might have had a nice Lakshmi puja. My wishes for a joyful Diwali.
@everwonderwhy (7355)
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22 Aug 22
I can imagine the delectable dish already! "Steam"? How? The small/medium pot of prawns and paste mixture on a dish of water to steam? Sorry for my ignorance. I'd like to try the Bengal dish.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
22 Aug 22
The mustard paste with other ingredients are mixed with the prawn in a metal bowl. This bowl is cooked under pressure. I used the pressure cooker. You can take water in a wok put the metal bowl with prawn and the ingredients and cover it and keep it over slow flame to steam it.
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@everwonderwhy (7355)
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22 Aug 22
@aninditasen Thank you so much! My curiosity and interest on how to cook the Bengal prawn dish, Chingri Macher Malaikari has been satisfied. 
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
25 Aug 22
@everwonderwhy Glad you understood my recipe.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
26 Aug 22
Our staple food is rice and it's perfect to eat it with this dish. Hhmm it's yummy.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
27 Aug 22
Yes, in Bengal too the staple food is rice and so this dish goes well with rice.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
21 Aug 22
You have the most interesting dishes to share with us here.
I adore all these kinds of ones
I will keep this one in mind.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
22 Aug 22
Yes, it's healthy and tasty too.
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