How to make Pav with Chingri Maach -
Delicious Bengali prawn curry served with fresh buns.
This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Mummy Ka Magic.
Main Ingredients : Refined flour (maida) (मैदा), Butter (मक्खन )
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Main Course Seafood
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Pav with Chingri Maach Recipe Card
History of Indian cuisine dates back to nearly 5,000-years ago when various groups and cultures interacted with India that led to a diversity of flavours and regional cuisines.
Indian cuisine comprises of a number of regional cuisines. The diversity in soil type, climate, culture, ethnic group and occupations, these cuisines differ from each other mainly due to the use of locally available spices, herbs, vegetables and fruits. Indian food is also influenced by religious and cultural choices and traditions.
Foreign invasions, trade relations and colonialism had introduced certain foods to the country like potato, chillies and breadfruit.
Prep Time : 51-60 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve :
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Pav with Chingri Maach Recipe
Refined flour (maida) 1 cup + for dusting
Butter for greasing
Fresh yeast 1 tablespoon
Castor sugar (caster sugar) A pinch + tablespoon
Salt to taste
Sea salt 2 cups
Milk for brushi
Chingri maach
Prawns (medium) (chingri maach), shelled, deveined and tails intac 8 medium
Mustard oil 1/2 cup
Gadre Crab Sticks 5
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Green cardamoms 5
Cinnamon 1 inch
Onion finely chopped 1 medium
Ginger-garlic paste 1 tablespoon
Cloves 5-6
Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Fresh coconut paste 1/2 cup
Mustard paste 1/2 tablespoon
Raisins soaked and pureed 1 tablespoon
Fresh coriander leaves
Method
Step 1
To prepare pav, grease a steel plate with some butter. Take fresh yeast in a bowl. Add a pinch castor sugar and 2-3 tbsps warm water and set aside to activate.
Step 2
Sift flour in another bowl. Add salt, ½ tbsp castor sugar and activated yeast and mix. Add some water and knead into a soft dough. Transfer in another bowl, cover with cling film and prove for 20-25 minutes.
Step 3
Heat a pressure cooker and remove the whistle. Add sea salt, cover and heat.
Step 4
Dust the worktop with some flour, transfer the proven dough and knock back to release air. Divide the dough into equal portions and shape them into balls. These are pavs.
Step 5
Place the pavs on the greased steel plate and prove for 10-15 minutes.
Step 6
To prepare chingri maach, heat mustard oil in a non-stick pan till smoky. Switch off heat and bring down to room temperature.
Step 7
Place Gadre Crab Sticks on the worktop and halve.
Step 8
Heat the mustard oil again in the same non-stick pan. Shallow-fry prawns in hot oil till golden. Drain on absorbent paper. Similarly, shallow-fry crab sticks.
Step 9
Brush the proven pavs with some milk, put a steel ring in heated pressure cooker, place the steel plate on top of it and bake for 10-15 minutes or till done.
Step 10
Add cumin seeds, cardamoms and cinnamon in hot mustard oil and sauté till fragrant. Add onion and sauté till golden. Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté for 30 seconds.
Step 11
Add cloves, coriander powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt, mix and cook for a minute.
Step 12
Add coconut paste, mix and cook for 30 seconds. Add some water to get a gravy consistency, mix and cook for a minute.
Step 13
Add mustard paste and mix. Add raisin puree, mix and cook for a minute or till semi-thick consistency. Put fried crab sticks and prawns, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Step 14
Put pavs on a serving platter, put some chingri maach in the center and serve hot garnished with some coriander leaves.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 2062 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 138 gm
Protein : 68.5 gm
Fat : 137.1 gm
Other : Iron- 47.6mg
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