DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Chingri Malai Curry
Also known as: চিংড়ি মালাই কারি
Shell-on giant freshwater prawns in a Bengali coconut-milk curry with whole spices.
About Chingri Malai Curry
Debjani Chatterjee Alam's chingri malai curry recalls the Bengali family feasts at her grandmother's home. Giant freshwater prawns keep their shells during frying before joining a coconut-milk gravy.
Onion, ginger and garlic form the aromatic base. Cinnamon, dried red chilli, green and black cardamom, cloves and bay leaves flavour mustard oil and ghee, with cumin, turmeric and chilli powder adding depth.
Her homemade Bengali garam masala combines cinnamon, green cardamom and cloves. The curry rests before serving with plain rice; tomato is an optional addition to the gravy.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Mustard, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chingri Malai Curry
Debjani Chatterjee Alam's Bengali chingri malai curry.
- Giant freshwater prawnsProtein
- CinnamonSeasoning
- Dried red chilliSeasoning
- Green cardamomSeasoning
- Black cardamomSeasoning
- ClovesSeasoning
- Bay leavesSeasoning
- Fresh coconut milkLiquid
- OnionAromatic
- TomatoBase · Optional
- Ginger pasteAromatic
- Garlic pasteAromatic
- Cumin powderSeasoning
- Turmeric powderSeasoning
- Red chilli powderSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- SaltSeasoning
- Mustard oilCooking medium
- GheeCooking medium
- WaterLiquid
- Prepared plain riceAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Giant freshwater prawns: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual79 GaldaChingri original, shellon104/108; exact broad registry prawn not species authority.
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual81 whole temper and own67/75 spice ground into garammasala, shared food consolidated.
- Dried red chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual82 temper.
- Green cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual83 temper and own68/75 ground blend consolidated.
- Black cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual84 distinct species/form source.
- Cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual85 temper and own69/75 ground blend consolidated.
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual126 expressly offers fresh coconutmilk instead of used storebought; named offered fresh component, upstream extraction unprovided here.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual90/106/113 retained optional per127.
- Ginger paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 broader ginger candidate, compound exact full formula unspecified.
- Garlic paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual92 compound exact full formula unspecified.
- Cumin powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Turmeric powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red chilli powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Generic red powder species/cultivar unprovided.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mustard oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Mustard source-confirmed. Actual99 original oil over allghee alternate128.
- Ghee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual100/110/120 ordinary clarifiedbutter.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual116 conditional masalawater and118 explicit gravywater consolidated.
- Prepared plain rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual132 plainrice original service, other pairing cards not unioned.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- India
- IndiaCatalogue link pending review
- BangladeshCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bengali Cuisine
- Bengali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bangladeshi Bengali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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