Goan-Style
Balchao Prawns
Recipe For Bold, Spicy Main Meals

Name: Goan-Style ~Balchao Prawns~ Recipe For Bold, Spicy Main Meals
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 20–25 Medium prawns (shelled, deveined); to taste Salt; 2 (1-inch each) Cinnamon sticks; 5–6 Cloves; 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds; 7–8 cloves Garlic (chopped); 1 inch Ginger (chopped); 6–8 Dried red chillies (soaked); ½ cup Malt vinegar; ½ cup Oil; 2 medium Onions (finely chopped); 1 large Tomato (chopped); 2 teaspoons Sugar

35 mins

Cooking Time

Intermediate

Difficulty

Ingredients

Sea Food

Diet

Balchao prawns are built around sharp vinegar heat, not gravy thickness. This version uses soaked chillies, whole spices, and malt vinegar ground fresh into a paste, then cooked until the oil release signals readiness. Prawns are sautéed separately to prevent overcooking, then briefly folded in so they absorb the masala without becoming rubbery.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients

20–25Medium prawns (shelled, deveined)

to tasteSalt

2 (1-inch each)Cinnamon sticks

5–6Cloves

1 teaspoonCumin seeds

1 teaspoonMustard seeds

7–8 clovesGarlic (chopped)

1 inchGinger (chopped)

6–8Dried red chillies (soaked)

½ cupMalt vinegar

½ cupOil

2 mediumOnions (finely chopped)

1 largeTomato (chopped)

2 teaspoonsSugar

Balchao Prawns

Goan-Style Balchao Prawns Recipe For Bold, Spicy Main Meals

Ingredients

Goan-Style
Balchao Prawns
Recipe For Bold, Spicy Main Meals