How much cooking time?

50 min — 20 min prep, 30 min cooking.

Goan Prawns Balchao (Prawns Pickle)

Name: Goan Prawns Balchao (Prawns Pickle)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Goa Indian
Ingredients: 1tsp salt; 12piece dry kashmiri chillies; 15piece Black Peppercorns (Tellicherry Bold Grade); 15piece Garlic; 3piece onion; 0.5cup Tamarind Paste; 1piece Lemon; 50piece prawns; 0.5tsp Turmeric Powder; 4tbsp Vinegar (White); 1tsp Asafoetida; 1tsp Mustard Seeds (Black)

Non-vegetarian semi-dry dish from Goa. Made with prawns, onion, tamarind paste. About 100 calories per serving.

Time 50 min · Serves 12 · 124 kcal · Goa

Ingredients

Main

salt — 1 tsp (whole)
dry kashmiri chillies — 12 piece (soaked)
Black Peppercorns (Tellicherry Bold Grade) — 15 piece (whole)
Garlic — 15 piece (chopped)
onion — 3 piece (chopped)
Tamarind Paste — 0.5 cup (ground)
Lemon — 1 piece (chopped)
prawns — 50 piece (chopped)
Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
Vinegar (White) — 4 tbsp (whole)

Tempering

Asafoetida — 1 tsp (ground)
Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)

Method

To begin making the Goan Prawns Balchao recipe, soak the tamarind pulp in 1 cup water for atleast 15 minutes.De-vein and clean prawns.
Refer to this video to know how to de-vein prawns.After cleaning, add chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
Keep it aside.Meanwhile, let us prepare the masala.
Take the tadka pan or any small pan, add asafoetida and 2 teaspoon oil.After 1 minute, add black pepper and mustard seeds and close the lid.After mustard seeds splutter, switch off the heat/gas and let this cool.
After cooling make a paste of this using a mortar and pestle.This masala can even be done and in advance and stored in fridge.The next step is to prepare the balchao.
Heat a kadai/pan, add 5 teaspoon oil.Add chopped onion and fry till onions turns mushy.
Fry till aroma gets emitted from garlic.Add prawns and mix.
Add the tamarind pulp along with water, mix and close the lid.After 10 minutes, add a teaspoon of the masala paste to the prawns in the kadai.
Mix well and let it cook.After 5 minutes, taste and if needed add salt.
Garnish with lime juice and close the lid.You can serve this Goan Prawns Balchao with steamed rice and Goan fish curry.
You can also serve it as a special side dish for parties.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Goan Prawns Balchao (Prawns Pickle)?: 124 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 50 min — 20 min prep, 30 min cooking.

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