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Narkel Chingri Diye Chichinga
It’sa simple, quick and healthy recipe; of course delicious also. In this Narkelchingri diye chichinga recipe, stir fried snake gourd is cooked with freshcoconut and fresh medium sized prawns with very small amount of oil.
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Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
15
minutes
mins
Total Time
30
minutes
mins
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Bengali, Indian
Servings
2
Calories
Equipment
blender
A kadai or a fry pan
Serving plate
Spatula
Ingredients
300
gm
Snakegourd/chichinga
1/4
fresh coconut
150
gm
Medium size prawn
1/2
inch
ginger
4
green chili
1/2
tbsp
Nigella seeds/kalo jire/kalonji
1
turmeric powder
salt
1/2
tbsp
sugar
Instructions
Wash and cut the snake gourd in medium pieces
Wash and clean the prawn, rub with salt and turmeric powderand keep it for half an hour to marinate.
Cut the coconut into medium pieces.
Take a blender; add the coconut pieces, add ginger and 2green chilies.
Make a smooth paste of coconut.
Heat oil in a pan
Add the marinated prawns to fry both sides, it will take 3-4minutes, do not over fry them.
In the same oil add nigella seeds
Then add 2 green chilies, let them temper
Add the snake gourd pieces and stir them for a minute
Add sugar
Then add salt and sauté them
Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for 2-3 minutes insimmer to release the water.
Open the cover and add the coconut paste
Sauté them and again cover the lid and allow them to cookwith the coconut for 4-5 minutes.
Now separate the prawns head ( which will be used in otherrecipe)
Add the prawns and stir them.
Stir them till they become dry. Transfer them to servingplate and enjoy.
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