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SPICY GOAN PRAWN

SPICY GOAN PRAWN
(It is a very popular Goan dish, the secret of the dish is its ‘special goan masala’, known as Balchao, and it is a dry kind of preparation and very tasty)

INGRDIENTS
1 cup dishelmed prawn
3 tsp Cary fish (dried prawn)
½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp sugar
1 tsp Goan fenny or white rum
1 tsp lemon juice
¼ cup oil

BALCHAOMASALA
1 tsp red chilly powder, 1 tsp Goan vinegar
1 tsp chopped garlic, 1 tsp chopped ginger
1 tsp whole garam masala
Salt and pepper to taste

PREPARATION & METHOD

FOR BALCHAO MASALA
1 Make a fine paste of all the ingredients, add Cary fish, Goan fenny and vinegar, mix well

2 Marinate the prawn with salt and turmeric powder for 45 minutes, keep aside
3 Heat oil in a kadahi, add onion and sauté it, add turmeric powder, marinated prawn and the Balchao masala, cook for a while
4 Add salt, sugar and lemon juice, simmer and cook for 5-10 minutes.
5 Serve hot.
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Lalit Niranjan
21/09/2009

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