Prawn in Coconut Paste

Ingredients

• prawn (15-20 pieces)
• Onion chopped(1/2 cup)
• Tomato Chopped (1/2 cup)
• Coriander leaves (1/2 cup)
• Garlic (4-5 colves)
• Green chili (1-2)
• Coconut paste (1/2 cup)
• turmeric pwd (1 tsp)
• Red chili pwd (1 tsp)
• Cumin seeds( 1/2 tsp)
• Oil as needed
• Salt to taste

Preparation

1. Make a paste of coriander leaves, garlic, greenchili.
2. Marinate prawn with this green paste, turmeric pwd, red chili pwd and salt. Keep for half an hour.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add  cumin seeds, chopped onion one by one.
4. Add chopped tomato when the onion becomes golden brown.
5. Fry for 2-3 min and add the marinated prawn.
6. Cook for 4-5 min and add coconut paste. keep stiring in between.


7. Now your prawn in coconut paste is ready. Serve hot with Roti or paratha

Nawabi Jalpari

Ingredients

• Prawn (1/2 kg, peeled and devained)
• white mustard paste(2tbsp)
• Besan (2tsp)
• Ginger paste (2tsp)
• Garlic paste (2tsp)
• Tandoori masala (2tsp)
• Lemon juice(1 tbsp)
• Red chili powder (1/2 tsp)
• Yellow food colour (a pinch) optional
• oil (2tsp)
• Salt to taste

Preparation



1. Make a  paste of mustard paste,besan, ginger, garlic paste, tandoori masala
lemon juice, chili pwd, yellow food color, oil, salt.
2. Add prawn to the paste and mix well. Marinate  for 3-4 hours.
3. Now grease the baking tray and place the prawn one by one . Keep some space
in between the prawns.
4. Bake at 400 degree for 10 min of each side.
5. Now your Nawabi  Jalpari is ready. Serve hot with some salad.

Shrimp Tikka with Fresh Orange Juice

Ingredients

• Large shrimp (8-10, peeled,leaving tail attached)
• Vegetable oil (3-4 tsp)
• Fresh lime juice (2tsp)
• Jalapeno/Green chili Paste(about 2 teaspoons/to taste)
• Ginger paste(1tbsp)
• Garlic paste (1tbsp)
• Garam masala/Tandoori masala(1tsp)
• Turmeric powder(1tsp)
• Nutmeg powder(1/4tsp)
• Salt to taste

Preparation

1. Marinate shrimp with all the above  ingredients for half an hour ,not more than that at cool room temperature.
2. (If u have large shrimp, sometimes it does not cook properly in the oven,in that case u may first boil the shrimp in salt water and then marinate.)
3. Pre-heat oven at 400 degree and thread 4 shrimp onto each skewer, leaving small spaces between them. Put on a  baking tray.
4. Broil 5-8 min at a time and then turn the shrimp and again broil for 5-8 min.
5. The shrimp should cooked like golden brown.
6. Now your Shrimp Tikka is ready.Serve hot with chutney and fresh chilled orange juice.

Orange Juice

• Fresh Orange(2-3)
• Sugar(2tsp)

Direction

1. Cut each orange into half. Squeeze into a glass. 
2. You may also use a citrus juicer to do this. 
3. If you want less pulp, use a hand juicer with a strainer.
4. Keep the juice in fridge in half an hour.
5. Serve chilled.

Bhapa Chingri (Steamed Prawn)

Ingredients

• Shrimp/ prawn/chingri devained & cleaned(10-12 pieces)
• Mustard seeds paste(2 tbsp)
• Kalonji seeds/Kala jeera(a pinch)
• Coconut (grated or paste, 1tbsp)
• Ginger grated(1tsp)
• green Chili(2-3)
• Turmeric pdr(1tsp)
• Mustard  oil(2tbsp)
• Water (1/2 cup)
• salt to taste

Preparation

1. In a microwave safe bowl,  put all the ingredients together  and mix well
2. Cover a lid on the bowl and  cook for 5 minutes, check if the prawns have become tender.(May take more 3-4 min)
3. Alternatively,you can make it on gas also by taking a small steel tiffin box and put all the ingredients in it .Take 1 glass of water in the pressure cooker and put the tiffin box and boil for 8-10 min on mediun heat without whistle. 
4. When the oil is ooze out, then stop cooking and take it out.
5. Now your Bhapa Chingri  is ready. Serve with warm rice.