Steamed yam with prawn Ol chingri bhapa. The very famous Bengali dish- Chingri Bhapa; baked in mustard seed paste. Try this simple recipe and wow your guests! This is Bengali steamed-prawn curry, which incorporates the rich flavours of freshly ground mustard, mellowed down with coconut and yoghurt.
Steamed Prawn is a traditional Bengali dish.
I have demonstrated an easy process of preparing Chingri Bhapa without compromising the traditional taste and aroma of Chingri Bhapa.
This chingri bhapa is little different than traditional bhapa chingri by adding one ingredient.
You can have Steamed yam with prawn Ol chingri bhapa using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Steamed yam with prawn Ol chingri bhapa
- Prepare 600 gm of yam.
- You need 8-10 of small medium sized prawn cleaned and without shell.
- Prepare 2 tsp of mustard paste.
- Prepare 1 tsp of mustard oil.
- You need 2 tsp of butter.
- It's 2-3 of green chillies slitted/chopped.
- Prepare 1/2 of medium sized onion chopped finely.
- Prepare As needed of Banana leaves for steam.
- You need To taste of Salt.
- It's 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder for marinate prawn.
This recipe contains sweet sour and hot taste all together. Bhapa Chingri or Steamed Prawn : To start our dish we have to clean our prawns first.for that take them and remove the skin and head.chingri or prawn. It will feel like heaven in your mouth… chingri bhapa. Ingredients for Bhapa Chingri (Steamed prawns) Recipe.
Steamed yam with prawn Ol chingri bhapa step by step
- Marinate prawn with salt and turmeric for atleast 15 mins..
- Skin out and clean the yam,then grate the yam and keep aside.
- Now take a steel box or any other box for steam. Put half banana leaf layer on box, followed by yam and then prawn..
- Next put onion, green chillies..
- On top put mustard paste and mustard oil, salt..
- Cover it with another half banana leaf and closed the box with lid. Now steam it medium flame for 15 mins either inside pressure cooker or any others way..
- After 15 mins open the lid and remove the banana leaf and give a nice stir to everything mix softly..
- Serve hot with steam rice..
Mix again, cover and cook on medium heat till prawns are done. Garnish with green chillies and serve hot with steamed rice. Chingri Bhapa is steamed prawns in mustard sauce, which is also one of the popular dishes made during Durga Puja and is loved by all the Bongs in the world. This recipe is very easy to make for all those who think it's a tedious task to make it at home. You can steam the prawns in a stainless steel.
