Doi Chingri or Prawns or Shrimp in Yoghurt Sauce

Doi Chingri Or Prawns or Shrimp in Yoghurt Sauce

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Doi Chingri or Prawns or Shrimp in Yoghurt Sauce is a  Bengali style (Indian ) dish,its cooked with doi/curd/yoghurt gravy along with Onion,garlic,ginger and aromatic spices.

Preparation Time - 10min
Cooking Time -20 min

Ingredients:-

1. Around 10 prawns or Chingri marinated in little salt and turmeric.
2. Doi /Yoghurt/Curd - 2 and 1/2 tablespoons
3.1/3 rd cup Onion Paste.
4. 1 teaspoon of ginger and garlic crushed ( around 1 fat clove of garlic and 1/2 inch Ginger ).
5. 1/4 teaspoon of whole black peppercorns pr Golmorich.
6. 1bay leaf or tej pata.
7. Dry roast ,cool and grind 2-3 green cardamoms or elaichi+2 cloves or lobongo or laung +1/2 inch cinnamon or darchini + 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds or jeera.
8. Oil preferably Mustard oil about 2-3 tablespoon or any other cooking oil.
9. Water as needed ( I added little less than 1 cup )
10.Salt as per your taste.
11. Sugar less than 1/4th teaspoon.
12. 1-2 fresh green chilly.
13. 1/4 teaspoon each of Paprika or kashmiri chilly powder+ turmeric powder+cayenne powder.

Preparation :-

1. Clean wash and marinate the prawns with salt and turmeric and keep aside.(My prawns were pre cleaned )
2. Dry roast,cool and grind the spices under point 7 of the above ingredient list.
3. Crush the ginger and garlic and make a paste of the onion in the grinder.
4. Beat the doi/curd/yoghurt with all the powdered spices mentioned under point 13 above under ingredients and keep aside.

Cooking:-

1. Take an utensil ( I used my Iron utensil/skillet ) add the mustard oil followed by the black peppercorns and bay leaf.Then add the onion paste  and fry til oil seeps out .

2. Add the ginger and garlic crushed and fry til the raw smell is gone and fried properly.

3. Next add the beaten doi/yohgurt with the powdered spices.When adding yoghurt/doi bring down the flame and stir continuously to prevent it from curdling.

4. Just cook for 30 second or so and add the marinated prawns ( you do not need to fry the prawns separately ) cook the prawns along with the other spices until oil seeps out and the prawns will also change colour.

5. Add the salt and sugar and give a quick mix.Then add water ( preferably warm water ) to it and give a stir.Bring it to a boil then low the heat ,cover and simmer til done.

6. When done switch off the flame add the dry roasted spices, green chilly (to increase the heat you can slit and add the green chilly or add 1 green chilly along with the prawns ) ,cover and let stand for 2-3 min before serving with hot steamed rice.

7. As in cooked in my Iron skillet I got this dark colour of the gravy.

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