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Daab Chingri

Ingredients

  • 1 daab green coconut with soft flesh
  • 1 cup prawns washed and cleaned
  • 1 tsp turmeric paste
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp posto poppy seeds paste
  • 3 tbsp mustard seed paste
  • 3 tbsp mustard oil
  • 3 green chilies made into paste
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Cut off top of coconut with a sharp knife and keep the top that you have cut off. Take out the water. Scoop the soft flesh, and keep inside the coconut.
  • Mix the prawns with all the Ingredients and put back inside the coconut.
  • Seal the opening of the coconut with flour paste.
  • Put on the stove to over a low flame and keep cooking for 3 hours until the coconut becomes brown and burnt. Alternatively you can put the coconut inside a preheated oven at 200 0 C for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the flour paste covering, scoop out the prawns and serve with steaming rice.
Author: Sabrina Islam