Chingri Shutki Bhorta | Dried Prawn Paste
Paraphrase Shutki Chingri Bhorta is a classic prawn paste recipe that hails from Bangladesh. It makes for an excellent accompaniment to steamed rice as a starter.
Servings: 5 People
Calories: 139kcal
Cost: Rs 100
Ingredients
- 250 g Chingri Shutki/ Dried Prawn small size
- 4 Onion
- 1.5 tablespoon Garlic Paste
- ½ teaspoon Ginger Paste
- 3-4 Green Chili
- 3 Dried Red Chilli
- 1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
- 2.5 tablespoon Mustard Oil
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
Instructions
- Clean dried prawns properly before cooking.
- Wash under running water 2-3 times followed by washing the shrimps in a bowl full of water.
- Now strain water from the prawns using your hand, as much as you can.
- Chop onions roughly.
- Heat oil in a wok and fry half of the onion crisply to make "Piyaj Beresta" (fried crisp Onion). Leave those aside.
- Now in the same oil fry, two dried Red chilies with the stem on for a minute or till the chilies change color.
- Strain fried chilies from the oil and leave aside.
- Now add washed, dried prawns to the remaining oil.
- Start sauteing till water evaporates completely and the prawns start emitting aroma.
- Add the remaining chopped onion, ginger, and garlic paste, and 2-3 green chilies.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes on a low flame.
- Adjust Salt if needed.
- Now switch the flame off and give the fried prawn a rest of at least 15 minutes.
- Take cooked prawns along with fried onion, fried red chili, and a dash of lemon juice along with a little mustard oil in a mixer grinder.
- Make a smooth paste of it.
- Instead of a mixer grinder, traditional "Shil Nora" or Shil Batta" can also be used.
- You can serve the Shutki Chingri Bhorta or Dried Prawn Paste as it is with rice. Else you can make small balls out of the paste like I did.
- Serve it with steamed rice with a side of green chili and a piece of lemon.
Nutrition
Serving: 50g | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 9.1g | Protein: 10.6g | Fat: 6.7g | Saturated Fat: 0.9g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 513mg | Fiber: 1.7g | Sugar: 3.4g
