Prawn Balchao Recipe
Prawn Balchao is a traditional Goan dish that is typically enjoyed in the rainy season. The prawns are cooked in an array of spices to give you a melange of flavours and take you on a taste ride like none other. The gravy is spicy-mildly tangy in taste which will make you want more of it with each bite you take.
Prawn Balchao Recipe
Ingredients:
Recipe :
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Step 1 De-vein prawns and season with salt
To prepare this scrumptious dish, in a bowl take de-veined prawn and clean it well. Season the cleaned prawn with salt and leave it aside for some time. Meanwhile, in a pan heat oil over medium flame. Once the oil is adequately heated, add in the de-veined prawns. Fry the prawns till they change colour. Turn off the heat and keep aside the prawns for further use.
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Step 2 Dry roast the spices
Now, in a pan add red chillies, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon and dry roast them for about 5 minutes until they release an aroma. Once that happens, turn off the heat and let the spices cool at room temperature.
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Step 3 Blend the spices with vinegar to prepare a paste
Next, in a grinder add the roasted spices with ginger and garlic paste along with vinegar. Grind the ingredients together to get a fine paste.
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Step 4 Saute onions, tomatoes with the spice paste
Now, heat oil in pan. Once heated, add in it finely chopped onions and stir fry till they turn brown. Next add finely chopped tomatoes in the pan and fry for another 4-5 minutes. Mix in the prepared spice paste along with sugar and salt. Fry for about 5 minutes, till the time oil starts leaving the pan.
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Step 5 Add prawns and serve hot
Finally, add in the fried prawns and cook for another 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer into a serving dish. Your Prawn Balchao is now ready to be served.
