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Mixed vegetables with prawn - tasty & delicious




Hello readers,
    Today I'm going to share with you a simple recipe which is very easy to make and also healthy and tasty. Sometimes, we don't understand what to do when 1 or 2 different pieces of vegetables left in our refrigerator. So, today I'm going to solve your problem, this recipe is Mixed vegetables with prawn.

Ingredients:-

1. Potato (2 midium size)
2. Parwal aka Pointed gourd (2-3 pieces)
3. Ridge gourd aka Luffa (1pc)
4. Pumpkin (200 gm)
5. Brinjal aka Eggplant (1 midium size)
6. Green banana (1pc)
7. Spiny gourd (1 pc small)
8. Stem Amaranth (katoa data in Bengali) (2 or 3 stick)
9. Jackfruit seeds (optional)
10. Coconut (half in Grated/whole)
11. Onion (1 medium size)
12. Prawns (250 gm)

Spices:-

1.Ginger (1 inch size)
2. Panch phoron (1 tea spoon)
3.Whole dry red chili (1 or 2)
4.Ghee (2 tea spoon).
5. Mustard oil (2 table spoon).
6. Salt to taste.
7. Turmeric powder (1 table spoon)
8. Sugar (1 tea spoon)

** Panch phoron is a mixture of 5 spices) saunf aka Fennel (Mouri), Cumin seed (jeera), Black cumin seed (kalo jeera), Fenugreek seed (methi), Celery (radhuni).


Preparation:-

1. First chopped onion and grate ginger

2. Cut all the vegetables in equal square shapes.

3. Marinate prawn with salt and turmeric powder

4. Cut coconut in dice shape.

5.Take a kadai (curry pan) heat mustered oil, when oil became very hot, broke red chilies & put it into oil. Then give panch phoron when they start cracking, add chopped onion & let it to be soft.

6. Now add marinated prawn. Cook for 1 min.

7. Add all vegetables, stir properl. Now cover the pan and keep gas oven in medium flame. When vegetables release water add salt, turmeric, sugar, grated ginger and coconut (no need to add extra water as vegetables will release sufficient water). You can add green chilies if you like to make it spicy, mix it well. Again cover the pan until vegetables get soft and boiled.

8. When vegetables is boiled add ghee and mix it well and turn off the gas and cover the pan for few minutes so that flavor of ghee can absorb in vegetables. Now you can serve it with steamed rice or roti. Before serving can also spread grated coconut for decoration.



  

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