Goa

Prawn balchão

Name: Prawn balchão
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Goan
Ingredients: 500 g small prawns cleaned prawns (shrimp); 12 Kashmiri dried chillies dried red chilli; 10 cloves garlic; 1 inch ginger; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 6 cloves 1 inch cinnamon whole spices; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1/2 cup vinegar; 1 1/2 tbsp sugar; 2 medium finely chopped onion; 1 medium chopped tomato; 4 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste

Prawns in a fiery, sweet, vinegary masala that keeps for days. Half curry, half pickle, all Goa.

50 minTime

18 gProtein each

hotSpice

Pickle or curry2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe Goan jar original.

The original

210kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

50minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Prawns (shrimp)500 g small prawns, cleaned

Dried red chilli12 Kashmiri dried chillies

Garlic10 cloves

Ginger2.5 cm

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Whole spices6 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Vinegar½ cup

Sugar1½ tbsp

Onion2 medium, finely chopped

Tomato1 medium, chopped

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Salt the prawns and fry them briefly in 1 tbsp oil until they just turn pink. Set aside.
2Soak the chillies in vinegar, then grind with garlic, ginger, cumin, cloves, cinnamon and turmeric.
3Heat the rest of the oil, cook onions until golden, add tomato and cook until soft, then add the paste and fry until oil separates.
4Add the prawns, sugar and salt and cook 5 minutes until thick. Cool and store in a clean jar. It keeps for several days in the fridge.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Goa

Prawn balchão

Prawns in a fiery, sweet, vinegary masala that keeps for days. Half curry, half pickle, all Goa.

50 minTime

18 gProtein each

hotSpice

Pickle or curry2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe Goan jar original.

The original

210kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

50minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Prawns (shrimp)500 g small prawns, cleaned

Dried red chilli12 Kashmiri dried chillies

Garlic10 cloves

Ginger2.5 cm

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Whole spices6 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Vinegar½ cup

Sugar1½ tbsp

Onion2 medium, finely chopped

Tomato1 medium, chopped

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Salt the prawns and fry them briefly in 1 tbsp oil until they just turn pink. Set aside.
2Soak the chillies in vinegar, then grind with garlic, ginger, cumin, cloves, cinnamon and turmeric.
3Heat the rest of the oil, cook onions until golden, add tomato and cook until soft, then add the paste and fry until oil separates.
4Add the prawns, sugar and salt and cook 5 minutes until thick. Cool and store in a clean jar. It keeps for several days in the fridge.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Prawn balchão

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Prawn balchão

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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