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Recipe: Coconut Shell Daab Chingri

September 26, 2022 12:40 IST

With Durga Puja 2022 beginning October 1, it's time to dig into some authentic Bengali food.

Chops and cutlets, Kathi Rolls, Kolkata-style biryani are all must-haves.

Bengalis also savour their seafood -- prawns and shrimp included -- and that's why Daab Chingri continues to be a winner.

The mustard paste gives it a wonderful flavour and these curried prawns go excellently with steamed rice.

Traditionally, the creamy curry was cooked in a coconut placed in an earthen oven and served in it as well.

Nowadays, in most homes, the dish is prepared on the stovetop.

We show you how to do it the old-fashioned way, minus the oven.

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hotel Sahara Star

Daab Chingri

Recipe Credit: Hotel Sahara Star

Serves: 1-2

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