Jhinga Nisha Prawns In Saffron Cashew Nut And Almond Sauce Recipes

INDIAN STIR-FRIED SHRIMP IN CREAM SAUCE (BHAGARI JHINGA)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together tomato paste, salt, sugar, garam masala, ground cumin seed, ground red pepper, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, lemon juice, and coconut milk. Set coconut sauce aside.
• Heat oil in a wok or frying pan over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, and cook until they begin to pop. Immediately stir in garlic, and cook until garlic begins to brown. Add shrimp, and cook until shrimp is opaque; this should take only a minute or two. Pour the coconut sauce over the shrimp; cook until the sauce begins to simmer. In a small bowl, mix together cornstarch and water; stir into the sauce, and continue cooking until thick.

JHINGA NISHA (PRAWNS IN SAFFRON, CASHEW NUT AND ALMOND SAUCE!)

Steps:

• Drop almonds and cashewnuts in 2 separate pans of boiling water.
• Boil for 30 minutes and drain.
• Peel the almonds by slipping them out of their skins and place in a food processor with the boiled cashewnuts.
• Whiz until they form a paste.
• Meanwhile, peel, wash and de-vein the prawns by making a small incision down the length of the back of each prawn and removing its black digestive cord.
• Wash and pat dry.
• Crumble saffron into warm milk.
• Leave to infuse.
• Remove the tiny black cardamom seeds and grind to a fine powder.
• Set aside.
• Heat the ghee in a wide pan over medium-high flame.
• Saute the onions until golden and the oil starts to separate from them.
• Add chillies and ginger.
• Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring regularly, then mix in the nut paste (prepared above) and keep stirring until the ghee separates out and the paste leaves the sides of the pan.
• Add the prawns and 2 tbsps.
• of cold water.
• Keep stirring, adding a further 2 tbsps of cold water two or three times, until the prawns begin to turn pink and the sauce is a nice consistency.
• Mix in the saffron-milk mixture, season to taste and simmer for a minute until prawns are cooked.
• Finally, add the cream and once hot transfer to a serving dish.
• Sprinkle with cardamom powder and fresh green corriander leaves.
• Serve hot with steamed Basmati white rice.

KING PRAWNS IN SAFFRON ALMOND SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the sauce. Tip the cashews and almonds into a saucepan and just cover with cold water. Boil gently for 20 minutes until slightly softened. Tip the nuts and water into a food processor and blend.
• Heat the ghee or butter in a heavy saucepan, add the bay leaf, cardamoms and onion and fry for 8-10 minutes until golden. Add the ginger and chilli and fry for a minute until fragrant. Add the turmeric and fry until the onion turns yellow, which should take another minute. Now stir in the nut purée and cook the paste carefully, stirring regularly until yellow. Pour in 150ml of the fish stock and simmer for 2-3 minutes. As the sauce turns glossy, add the infused saffron, sugar and cream, sprinkle in the garam masala and season with salt. Simmer for a few more minutes. The sauce should be too thick to pour, but thin enough to spoon, so you may need to dilute it with more fish stock. (The sauce can be made up to an hour ahead.)
• Tip the prawns into a bowl, and mix in a sprinkling of salt and all the ingredients for the first marinade. If this looks dry, add a drop of water. Set aside for 10 minutes. Heat the oil in a large pan and sear the prawns for 20 seconds so they curl up. Remove and set aside to cool.
• Mix ingredients together for the second marinade, toss prawns in it (they can be left for up to 1 hour).
• Preheat the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Pierce a long wooden skewer through the tail of each prawn and thread it through to the tip of the head. Prop the skewers on a roasting tray and roast for 6-8 minutes until lightly charred. Meanwhile, reheat the sauce and add more stock if it is too thick. Serve the prawns on a large plate in a pool of sauce for people to help themselves, with the extra sauce and pilau rice in bowls.

BHAGARI JHINGA - PRAWNS IN TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• To make sauce put tomato puree in bowl.
• Add salt, sugar, garam masala, ground roasted cumin seeds, chili powder, coriander leaves, green chili, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon water; mix well.
• Slowly add coconut milk or cream, mix.
• Set aside.
• To stir-fry prawns put oil in wok and set over med-high heat.
• When hot put in mustard seeds.
• As soon as seeds pop after a few seconds, add garlic and curry leaves.
• Stir until garlic turns medium brown and put in prawns.
• Stir until prawns turn opaque most of the way through and put in sauce.
• Turn heat to medium and just heat sauce through until it begins to simmer.
• By then prawns should be cooked through.
• Turn of heat.
• Serve with rice.