Its a Bengali dish,using 'posto' also known as poppy seeds with prawns.I love prawns,and I think every Bengali does,dab chingri or the very famous prawn malai curry,whatever it maybe,we like it and it cooks faster than any other sea food,I suppose.
Okay,so here's the recipe.
Ingredients:
Prawns 250 gm.
Potatoes 1 cup,cut into small pieces.
Posto or White Poppy seeds 1/2 cup,smooth paste.
Sesame seed 1/2 cup,smooth paste.
Onion paste 1 tablespoon.
3-4 green chili paste.
Panch phoran (cumin, fenugreek, brown mustard seeds, fennel and nigella seeds) 1 teaspoon.
1 whole dried red chili.
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon.
Mustard oil 1/2 cup.
Lime Big one (Gondhoraj) juice 1 tablespoon.
Salt and Sugar to taste.
Method:
Marinate the prawns in salt and turmeric powder.
Heat oil in a skillet and add the onion paste and saute.Then add the potatoes and the marinated prawns and let it cook for a while.
Add hot water and let it simmer,then add salt,sugar and turmeric powder.
When the water is dried up,take it off from heat.
Take a bowl,mix posto paste,sesame paste,chili paste,mustard oil and little turmeric and make a smooth paste.
Heat oil again,then add the paste and saute until the oil is released.
Add back the prawns and saute to mix well,add little water if required.
Put the lid back and let it cook for a while.
Lastly,add the lime juice and Serve hot with rice.
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