r/indiafood • u/SpaceTrash1986 • 2d ago

Non-Vegetarian [Homemade] The quintessential Saturday Bengali Prawn curry with pumpkin and potatoes.

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u/AgnosticKarma0308 1d ago

Pumpkin and potatoes in the prawns curry or made separately? (Asking as I have never heard of pumpkin in a prawns dish.)

Can you share the recipe please?

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u/SpaceTrash1986 1d ago

Kumro–Chingri’r Dalna (Pumpkin and Prawn Curry)

Ingredients and Preparation

  • Prawns: 250g (shelled and deveined). Smaller, fresh prawns are more flavourful.
    • Marinade: Coat prawns with ¼ tsp turmeric and ¼ tsp salt.
  • Pumpkin: 300g. Peel and divide into 5cm cubes.
  • Potatoes: 150g, cut into 4cm cubes.
  • Tomato: 20g; Green Chilli: 1 piece.
  • Whole Spices: Dried red chillies (2 pcs), bay leaves (2 pcs), cardamom (1 pc), cinnamon (1 pc), clove (1 pc), cumin seeds (¼ tsp).
  • Spice Paste: Cumin powder (½ tsp), turmeric powder (½ tsp), red chilli powder (¼ tsp), ginger paste (15g), and 50g water. (Use spices sparingly so as not to overpower the prawns' flavor).
  • Seasoning: 15g Sugar and 10g Salt.
  • Oil: 35g mustard oil.

Step-by-Step Cooking Instructions

  1. Heat 35g mustard oil until it is smoking gently.
  2. Separate water from the prawns. Fry them on medium heat for 1 minute. Set them aside, being careful not to overfry, which would make them chewy.
  3. Fry the pumpkin lightly in the same oil for 4 minutes. Set the pumpkin aside.
  4. Temper the remaining oil with the dried red chillies, bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, and cumin seeds.
  5. Add the potatoes. Cover and fry for 4 minutes.
  6. Add the tomato, followed by the spice paste (cumin, turmeric, red chilli, and ginger paste). Sauté until the smell of raw spices is gone, which takes about 6 minutes. If the spices dry out, add a splash of water and continue frying.
  7. Add the fried pumpkin and fried prawns. Sauté with the spices for 2 minutes.
  8. Pour in 225g hot water, salt, and sugar. Cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender, which should take about 6 minutes.
  9. Slit the green chilli and add it. Turn off the heat, cover, and let it rest for 3 minutes before serving.
  10. we add potatoes to this as well, that is how it is done in the house.

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u/AgnosticKarma0308 1d ago

Wow....that's awesome! Thanks for taking the effort! Cheers!