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Today I will share step-by-step how to make Potato pointed gourd curry with prawn(chingri diye alu potoler tarkari) a widespread and popular Bengali recipe. It is a very simple recipe; you can prepare it in very less time. The shrimp you choose should be a smaller one so that it can mix well with the curry. You can use onion, or without onion also you can make, here I am making without onion. The marinated shrimps are fried and then simmered and cooked with potato and pointed gourd finished in a warm, spicy, cumin-flavored sauce; and this is how to Make Potato pointed guard curries with prawn.
Equipment needed
- Kadai/fry pan
- Spatula
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients to make Potato pointed gourd curry with prawn(chingri diye alu potoler tarkari):
- Small size shrimp-150 gm
- Pointed guard -6
- Potato-2 medium size
- Curd-1 tbsp
- Ginger garlic paste-2 tbsp
- Coconut milk-2 tbsp
- cardamoms-2
- Oil-2 teaspoon
- Turmeric, coriander, and cumin powder-1/2 tablespoon each
- Chopped coriander leaves
- garam masala -1 /2 teaspoon
- panch phoron-1/2 t spoon (It comprises mouri (fennel seeds), methi (fenugreek seeds), kaalo jeera (black cumin seeds), jeera(cumin seeds), and a typically Bengali spice, called radhuni)
- salt to taste
How to make Potato pointed guard curry with prawn(chingri diye alu potoler tarkari)
Clean and wash the shrimps well and add turmeric powder and salt to it, rub them nicely, and keep them aside for 15 minutes
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Heat mustard oil in a pan/Kadai, let the oil comes to a smoky point, then add the marinated shrimps and stir fry them for 3-4 minutes.
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Transfer them to a plate and keep them aside.
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Now heat oil in a wok and add the panchphoron and red chili for tempering,
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Add the Curry cut potato, and pointed gourd, and sauté them for 1-2 minutes.
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Now add the ginger-garlic paste, and stir them for a minute.
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Add curd, and stir them for a minute.
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Now add all the spices. e.g. turmeric, cumin, and red chili powder and stir them continuously till the raw smell of the spices goes off
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Add coconut milk and mix well.
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Add crushed cardamom
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Now the spices are cooked well
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Add water and cover the lid and allow cooking for 5-6 minutes
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Open the lid and mix well, and add the shrimps and mix them with the gravy
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Spread chopped coriander leaves; transfers them to a serving plate and serve hot with rice.
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