Cooking Time Required: 15-20 mins
Cost of preparation: 25-30 Rupees
Ingredients: Chingudi sukhua/dried shrimps ( one can use any other fish as well, 100-150 gm ), potato ( 1 large ), onion ( 1 large ), green chillis ( 2-3 nos )besara ( mustard-garlic paste , 1-2 tsp ), pancha-phutana ( 1/3 tsp ), salt, turmeric, mustard oil .
Preparation: Wash and drain the sukhua.
Cut the onions into thin strips. The potato should be diced into small cubes.
Cooking: Heat 1 tsp of oil in a wok. Add the washed sukhua and stir fry for 4-5 mins. Do not fry it till crispy.
Heat the oil in a wok. Add the green chilli and pancha-phutana.
Once the seeds start crackling, add the onions. Fry the onions till they turn translucent.
Add the potatoes and fry for 4-5 mins.
Add the sukhua, besara and turmeric along with 1 cup water. Cook for 7-8 mins till the potato is well cooked and most of the water disappears. Add the salt and cook for another minute ot two.
Serve with rice and yellow dal/ pakhala bhata.
Note: While preparing any sukhua/dried fish/shrimp one needs to be careful with the salt. Most of the sukhua/dried fish is steeped in salt. One should add the salt towards the end to avoid making the curry very salty.
Never tried dried shrimp as curry,thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteYummy yumm, I love dried shrimp. Looks very delicious. Thank you for linking with Any One Can Cook :)
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