Daab Chingri I डाब चिंगरी I Bengali Prawns Recipe I Prawns Cooked Inside Coconut I India On A Plate

Daab Chingri is a traditional Bengali recipe where prawns/shrimp is slow cooked inside a tender coconut. It is cooked in Mustard oil and Mustard Seeds paste, green chilies & coconut milk, with the tender coconut jelly inside. The flavors are simply amazing! Check out full recipe below:

Daab Chingri Recipe
Ingredients for seasoning shrimp:
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder, salt to taste

Other ingredients:
250 grams/10 prawns or shrimp - peeled and deveined
1 tender coconut
3/4 cup coconut milk
1 tbsp mustard oil
3 tbsp mustard seeds paste - (mustard seeds grinded with water)
2 tbsp green chili paste
1 tbsp sugar
Salt to taste

Method-Cooking Instructions
Season shrimp with turmeric powder & salt to taste
Mix well set aside for 10 minutes
In a bowl add mustard oil, green chili paste, mustard seeds paste, sugar, coconut milk. Add seasoned prawns/shrimp to it. Mix well, set aside
Remove top part of coconut to create and opening
With spoon or knife scrape off coconut jelly inside the coconut, leaving it in the coconut. Pour in shrimp mixture in the coconut, cover with top part.
You can seal the rim of the coconut with dough for a tighter seal
Warm ample water in a steamer and place coconut with shrimp in the middle
Steam on high flame for 45 minutes or until shrimp is cooked
Alternatively, you can cook it in pressure cooker for 30 minutes
Once done, carefully remove coconut from streamer
Open lid and enjoy your delicious Daab Chingri-Shrimp Curry!