Daab Chingri: The Authentic Bengali Recipe

Daab Chingri or Chingri Daab is a Bengali cuisine which is basically prawn curry, cooked and served in a green coconut. It is a very creamy dish that melts in mouth like a dream. Daab Chingri is generally prepared during the some of the Bengali festive occasions.

Ingredients: Prawns peeled and deveined 1 cup, Tender Coconut, Tender coconut 1 small, Salt to taste, Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon, Mustard oil 1 tablespoon, Panch phoran 1/2 teaspoon, Onions sliced 2 medium, Ginger paste 1/2 teaspoon, Garlic paste 1 1/2 teaspoons, Green chillies slit 4-5, Coconut scraped 1/4 cup, Tender coconut flesh (malai) chopped 1/4 cup, Whole wheat flour (atta) dough as required

1. First, chop the onion, garlic, and green chillies. Then, scrape out the coconut flesh and grind it to a smooth coconut paste.
2. Next, take a pan and heat oil over medium flame. Once it is heated, add panch phoron to it. Let it splutter.
3. Then, add the chopped green chillies, garlic cloves and onions. Fry till it softens.
4. Take it out in a large bowl and add mustard paste, coconut flesh paste, turmeric and salt to taste. Then, add the raw prawns and mix well and keep it aside.
5. Now, cut the bottom or base of the coconut shell evenly in order to make it stand properly inside the pressure cooker.
6. Then, put the prawn mixture in the shell and cover the top with the wheat dough.
7. Take a pressure cooker and add some water in it. Make sure that the level of water should be around half the height of the coconut shell.
8. Then, carefully place the coconut shell inside it.
9. Put the cooker lid on and allow it to cook over medium flame for 3 whistles.
10. Then remove the cooker from the flame and keep it as it is for 10 more minutes.
11. Then, take out the coconut shell and remove the wheat dough seal.
12. Serve hot with steamed rice.

Enjoy the yummy Daab Chingri!!

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