Recipe: Tasty Steamed prawn in pumpkin leaves

Swaadisht Nuskha


Steamed prawn in pumpkin leaves. Prawns steamed inside pumpkin leaves is a Bengali delicacy rarely cooked the traditional way any more. A simpler version of the dish can be cooked in a steamer without the leaves, but the addition of green pumpkin leaves with prawns marinated with mustard. Pumpkin Leaves and Prawn Pakora Recipe

Steamed prawn in pumpkin leaves Steamed Prawns With Garlic (蒜茸蒸虾), Steamed Prawns And Fish Paste On Egg Tofu, Chinese Steamed Prawns With Shaoxing Wine And Egg White. Pumpkin leaves also contain plenty of potassium which helps to prevent irregular heart beat and to reduce risk of stroke. Pumpkin is the name given to a group of plant species in the genus Cucurbita, including Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata. You can have Steamed prawn in pumpkin leaves using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Steamed prawn in pumpkin leaves

  1. It's 300 grams of prawn, peeled and deveined.
  2. Prepare 1 of big sized pumpkin.
  3. You need 1 tablespoon of turmeric powder.
  4. It's 3-4 tablespoons of mustard paste.
  5. Prepare 2 tablespoons of poppy seed paste.
  6. Prepare 2 tablespoons of coconut paste.
  7. You need 5-6 tablespoons of mustard oil.
  8. Prepare As per taste of salt.
  9. Prepare Some of Toothpick.

Pumpkin belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and is grown primarily as a vegetable or ornamental plant. Wash prawns thoroughly and leave on shells and heads. In a bowl, mix the soy sauce, garlic, and brandy. Arrange the prawns on a dish, and cover with the soy sauce mixture.

Steamed prawn in pumpkin leaves step by step

  1. Apply salt and turmeric powder on cleaned prawns..
  2. Make a paste mixture with mustard seed paste, poppy seed paste, coconut paste, mustard oil and salt..
  3. Marinate prawns with this paste mixture for 5 minutes..
  4. Take washed pumpkin leaf.Place 2-3 marinated prawns at the middle of the leaf. Fold and secure with a toothpick..
  5. Steam all the leaf wrapped prawns in water bath for 10 minutes..
  6. Serve them with hot steamed rice..

I did not have the red pumpkin, so used a sweet potato, which worked out quite well. I also used medium shrimp, as I have never seen prawns in my area. I took some liberties in converting the metric measurements into US, and you should know that these slight variations make little difference. Poppin Pumpkin Prawn Patties: Tonight me and my dad who goes by " iminthebathroom " wanted to use up our un-carved pumpkins left over from Halloween, I know. Sacre-blue - Un-carved pumpkins, oh the horror.