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40 min — 20 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Prawn Balchao

Name: Prawn Balchao
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Goa Indian
Ingredients: 1000g prawns; 0.5piece Vinegar (White); 1tsp Turmeric Powder; 2piece onion; 2tbsp ginger garlic paste; 2tsp Black Peppercorns (Tellicherry Bold Grade); 2piece Tomato; 1piece cinnamon stick; Sunflower Oil; salt; 2tbsp sugar; 1tsp Mustard Seeds (Black); 15piece dry red chillies; 1tsp Cumin Seeds; 2piece Curry Leaves

Prawn Balchao is a famous Portuguese-influenced Goan Catholic prawn pickle-curry. Prawns are sautéed in a tangy spice paste of dried red Kashmiri chillies, vinegar, sugar, ginger-garlic, and garam masala, then reduced to a thick semi-dry pickle-like consistency. Served in small condiment portions with steamed rice, poi bread, or sannas as part of a Goan Catholic thali — keeps 2 weeks airtight refrigerated.

Time 40 min · Serves 6 · 193 kcal · Coastal Goa, Goa

Ingredients

Main

prawns — 1000 g (chopped)
Vinegar (White) — 0.5 piece (whole)
Turmeric Powder — 1 tsp (ground)
onion — 2 piece (chopped)
ginger garlic paste — 2 tbsp (ground)
Black Peppercorns (Tellicherry Bold Grade) — 2 tsp (whole)
Tomato — 2 piece (chopped)
cinnamon stick — 1 piece (ground)
Sunflower Oil (optional) (whole)
salt (optional) (whole)
sugar — 2 tbsp (whole)

Tempering

Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
dry red chillies — 15 piece (whole)
Cumin Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)
Curry Leaves — 2 piece (ground)

Method

To begin making the Prawn Balchao recipe, in a large bowl, clean the prawns under running water, strain it out.Add a pinch of salt and turmeric powder, mix well and set aside.
This step will basically remove the typical sea food odour from the prawns.In a wok dry roast - chillies, pepper, cumin, mustard, cloves and cinnamon.Grind the roasted mix of spices along with ginger, garlic and the vinegar into a smooth paste.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Prawn Balchao?: 193 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 40 min — 20 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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