Name: Shrimp in Young coconut recipe by Bulbul Majumder at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 25 medium size shrimps (de-shelled and de-veined ,saved the tail); 1 small pasted onion; 1 teaspoon garlic paste; 1 teaspoon ginger paste; 1 teaspoon green chilli paste; 2 tablespoon poppy seed paste; Turmeric 1 teaspoon; Young Coconut from inside of the coconut shell 1 whole; 2 tablespoon mustard paste; 1 tablespoon melon seed paste; 1/4 teaspoon paanchforon (five spices); Mustard oil (as required); Salt

ABOUT Shrimp in Young coconut RECIPE

Daab Chingri is a delicacy of bengali cuisine. Daab/ tender coconut (soft flesh of coconut & it's water) and prawn/shrimp cooked in dum/ steam inside the tender coconut with spices. The creamy smooth textured gravy gives it a delicacy. The process of steamed cooking inside a coconut gives an intense flavor of it and makes the shrimp soft that melts in each bite. Serving the shrimp with piping hot rice with a lime/lemon wedge will win the hearts for sure.

Ingredients Serving: 5

25 medium size shrimps (de-shelled and de-veined ,saved the tail)
1 small pasted onion
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon green chilli paste
2 tablespoon poppy seed paste
Turmeric 1 teaspoon
Young Coconut from inside of the coconut shell 1 whole
2 tablespoon mustard paste
1 tablespoon melon seed paste
1/4 teaspoon paanchforon (five spices)
Mustard oil (as required)
Salt

Instructions

Cut the coconut-bottom and make it flat to stand inside an oven, and cut its head in a slightly bigger round shape. It will help with stuffing. Save the lid for closing.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Sprinkle panchforon and let it crackle. Now add onion and garlic paste. Fry until the raw smell disappears. Now add ginger paste.
Pour cooked spices into a large mixing bowl. Add mustard paste, poppy seed paste, melon seed paste, chili paste, turmeric, salt, coconut flesh paste and three tablespoon mustard oil. Mix well.
Add shrimps into this paste and mix really well with the spices.
Stuff this spices and shrimp mix inside the coconut shell and seal its lid .
Preheat the oven in 420'F and cook about 30-35 min.
Serve the Shrimp with gravy with hot steamed rice. Enjoy!!!!

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