Prawn Balchao - Goan Style
Prawn Balchao - Goan Style

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Prawn balchão is a fiery dish from Goa (located in coastal western India) that is almost like a pickle. Do as the Goans do and serve it with hot plain boiled rice. The cuisine of the Goan region is heavily based on their abundant seafood, with influences from Hindu, Muslim, and Portuguese cultures. Roast the chillies, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, peppercorns, turmeric, cloves and cinnamon till they begin to release their aroma.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook prawn balchao - goan style using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Prawn Balchao - Goan Style:
  1. Make ready 500 gms prawns, shelled & deveined
  2. Take 1 tsp. garam masala powder
  3. Take 1 tsp. black pepper powder
  4. Take 1 tsp. roasted cumin powder
  5. Make ready 1 tsp. kashmiri red chili powder
  6. Get 1 tsp. prawn paste (opt)
  7. Prepare 1/4 cup vinegar
  8. Get 1/2 tsp. tamarind paste
  9. Prepare 2-3 onions, chopped
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp. ginger-garlic paste
  11. Take 1 tsp. tomato paste / 2 tomatoes, chopped
  12. Take 1 sprig curry leaves
  13. Prepare to taste salt
  14. Take 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
  15. Prepare 1 tsp. sugar
  16. Make ready 3-4 tbsp. oil
  17. Take 1 tsp. coriander leaves

Add the green chilly to the prawn balchao and your done. If you are going to consume the balchao immediately you can use less oil during the steps. Prawn Balchão (Goan Prawn Pickle) Post by Xanti Pinto This is a prawn pickle that has a sweet, spicy and a tangy flavor. Usually, this pickle is prepared and kept for the rainy season when fresh fish is not available.

Instructions to make Prawn Balchao - Goan Style:
  1. Make a paste of garam masala powder, pepper powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, prawn paste, vinegar, tomato paste, turmeric powder and tamarind paste with 1/2 cup water. keep aside.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a non-stick pan and saute the prawns for a minute till they turn pink. Remove and keep aside.
  3. Heat the remaining oil & saute the onion and the curry leaves till light brown.
  4. Now add the ginger-garlic paste….
  5. And the prepared paste and saute on low flame till oil separates from the sides of the pan.
  6. Add the prawns, salt, sugar and 1/2 cup water and cook,
  7. Covered on a low to med. flame till dry.
  8. Serve, garnished with coriander leaves.

Prawn Balchão (Goan Prawn Pickle) Post by Xanti Pinto This is a prawn pickle that has a sweet, spicy and a tangy flavor. Usually, this pickle is prepared and kept for the rainy season when fresh fish is not available. Prawns Balchao is a fiery dish that finds its origins in Goa. Prawns are stir-fried first and then added to a pickled curry sauce to create a dish that makes your taste buds tingle and leaves you asking for more. Goan Prawn Balchao is a fiery dish from the Indian coastal state Goa.

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