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35 min — 20 min prep, 15 min cooking.

Goan Prawn Pickle

Name: Goan Prawn Pickle
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Goa Indian
Ingredients: 80g onion; 100g Vinegar (White); 250g prawns; 25g salt; 2tsp Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 0.5cup Mustard Oil; 15g Ginger; 2tbsp Coconut Oil; 1tsp Mustard Seeds (Black); 1.8g methi seeds; 15g Garlic

Prawns pickled in a spicy vinegar masala with Goan red chillies, onion, ginger and garlic (balchão style). Long-lasting Catholic Goan preserve.

Time 35 min · Serves 12 · 135 kcal · North Goa, Goa

Ingredients

Main

onion — 80 g (chopped)
Vinegar (White) — 100 g (whole)
prawns — 250 g (chopped)
salt — 25 g (whole)
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 2 tsp (ground)
Mustard Oil — 0.5 cup (whole)

Tempering

Ginger — 15 g (ground)
Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
methi seeds — 1.8 g (whole)
Garlic — 15 g (ground)

Method

Clean and devein the prawns, then marinate briefly with salt.
Dry roast the mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds, cool, and grind to a coarse paste with the red chilli powder and vinegar.
Heat the mustard oil and coconut oil together; sauté the chopped onion until soft, then add the ginger-garlic and fry until fragrant.
Add the ground masala paste and cook on low heat until the oil separates and the raw smell disappears.
Add the prawns and cook until just done, then stir in the remaining vinegar and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Cool completely and store in a clean, dry glass jar; let it mature for at least a week before serving.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Goan Prawn Pickle?: 135 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 35 min — 20 min prep, 15 min cooking.

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