Chingri Diye Kochur Loti | Monsoon Special
Ingredients
- 265 g kochur loti (cleaned; from 355 g bundles)
- 500 g hot water
- 5 g black mustard
- 5 g yellow mustard
- 45 g total mustard oil
- 125 g begun
- 2 dried red chillies
- ¼ tsp kalo jeere
- 45 g onion (sliced)
- 3 g garlic (minced)
- 25 g grated coconut
- 100 g prawns (cleaned and deveined)
- 16 g total salt
- 2 g total turmeric
- ¼ tsp red chilli powder
- 15 g total sugar
- 6 g total green chillies
Instructions
- Soak brown and yellow mustard in water for 2 hours.
- Wash the kochur loti and change the water multiple times.
- Boil it for 3 mins with Salt, Turmeric and Water. Strain and set aside
- Cut the brinjal, chopped green chillies, slice onions and mince garlic
- Grind the mustard seeds to a smooth paste with a green chilli
- Heat Sarfa Kacchi Ghani Mustard oil in a kadai. Fry until they are golden. Set aside
- Again heat the Sarfa kacchi Ghani Mustard oil and fry the boiled kochur loti along with salt, red chilli powder, and sugar. Fry until lightly coloured. Set aside.
- Now add the remaining Sarfa Kacchi Ghani mustard oil to the pan. Temper with red chillies and kalo jeera.
- Add the onions and fry until golden. Add garlic and fry for another minute.
- Add grated coconut and fry on medium heat until nutty
- Meanwhile, smear the prawns with a pinch of salt and turmeric. When the coconut has fried, add the prawns to the pan and cook for about 3-4 mins
- Add mustard paste, remaining salt, sugar and turmeric powder.
- Add splashes of water as required, braise the mustard paste until its raw smell goes away.
- Add the kochur loti and cook everything together for about 5 min or so.
- Now add fried brinjal and continue frying until the bottom starts to lightly caramelize.
- Finish with chopped green chillies, and turn off the heat.
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