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Daab Chingri

Daab Chingri

medium sized prawns coated with mild spices are cooked and served inside  the shell of a green coconut.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4 persons

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 6 to 8 Prawns  Medium or Jumbo
  • 2 Green coconut with tender coconut flesh
  • 1 Onion paste
  • 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 4 tbsp Dijon mustard seeds
  • 4 to 5 Green chilies
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • 2 to 3 tbsp Mustard oil or vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp Paach phoron for seasoning (mix of fenugreek,fennel,nigella,mustard and cumin seeds)
  • (2) Red chilly whole

Instructions

Preparation

  1. Cut the top part of the green coconut to yield a large opening.
  2. pour out the water and reserve.
  3. Scoop out the tender coconut meat.
  4. Marinate the prawns with turmeric and salt.
  5. Make a smooth paste of mustard with salt and green chilies.
  6. preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
  7. Add a tbsp of oil in the pan and add the "paach phoron" and whole red chilies till it crackles.
  8. Add the onion followed by ginger garlic paste.
  9. Add the mustard paste and add the prawns and saute for a few seconds.Add 1/2 cup of coconut water.
  10. Check the salt.
  11. Transfer the contents into the green coconut shells .
  12. Add a tbsp of mustard oil on top.
  13. close the opening with a dough of flour.
  14. Bake for about  45 minutes at 170 degrees.
  15. Serve straight from the oven in the shell itself with steamed rice .