CHINGRI MACH BHAPA(STEAMED PRAWN IN MUSTARD GRAVY)

Hi All,

I am back and here goes my first post !Today's recipe is of a Bengali Prawn dish which is very tasty and very easy to make.It tastes awesome with hot boiled rice.For those staying away from home comforts in a city where you generally have to go out on weekends to satisfy your Bengali-taste-buds  craving for "CHINGRI MACH" do try out this one and am sure you'll love it.Do share your feed back.

Ingredients:

1. Prawn: 500gms(washed and cleaned)
2. Mustard Paste 100gms
3. Poppy seeds Paste 50gms
4. Green chillies 3-4
5. Mustard oil
6. Salt to Taste
7. Lemon juice 1 teaspoon

Cooking Time:20 mins

Preparation Time:10 mins

Method:

• In a bowl put the prawns and add little salt and lemon juice and keep for 10 mins
• Add the mustard paste,poppy paste,rest of the salt,2-3 tablespoons of Mustard oil to the prawns and mix well.
• Keep this marinaded prawn mixture in the refrigerator for 3 hrs or if you have time then you can keep it overnight as well to enhance the flavours.
• Heat a pan and add this prawn mixture and two green chillies. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes till the prawns are properly cooked and the mixture has lost the raw smell of the pastes.Do open the lid and stir in between so that the prawns dont stick too much to the pan bottom.
• Add 1 tablespoon of raw mustard oil two minute before turning the gas burner off.
• Put the prawns in a serving bowl and garnish with green chillies.
• Serve hot with boiled rice.

Note:if you want it to be spicy then you can make a paste of green chillies along with the mustard paste.