India

Prawn Balchão

Name: Prawn Balchão
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 as a side
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 400 g Prawns (peeled); 8 pieces Dried Kashmiri chilies; some of each Garlic & ginger; 4 tbsp Palm vinegar; 2 pieces Onions; some of each Sugar & salt

Spicy-sour prawns from Goa

Prawn balchão is a piquant Goan specialty of Portuguese origin: prawns in an intense chili-vinegar masala, almost pickle-like in its keeping quality.

The sauce of dried chilies, garlic and palm vinegar (or wine vinegar) is fiery, tangy and concentrated - a little goes a long way.

Servings4 as a side

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Prawns (peeled)400 g
Dried Kashmiri chilies8 pieces
Garlic & gingersome of each
Palm vinegar4 tbsp
Onions2 pieces
Sugar & saltsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Grind chilies with garlic, ginger and vinegar into a paste.
Fry the onions golden.
Stir in the chili-vinegar paste and fry through.
Add the prawns and cook briefly.
Season with sugar and salt, let cool.

Make it original

Kashmiri chilies for prawn balchão are in the Asia Boutique.

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