Name: Samudri Khazana Tak-a-Tak
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 30 ml/2 Tbs Lemon juice; 20 g/⅓ cup Coriander; 75 g/6 Tbs Ghee; 10 g/1 Tbs Ginger; 8 Whole Red Chillies; 5 g/2½ tsp Coriander seeds; 150 g/1 cup Potatoes; 4 Green Chillies; 5 g/1 tsp Garam Masala; 300 ml/11 oz Kadhai Gravy*; Salt; 5 g/2 tsp Ajwain; 100 g/⅔ cup Onions; 100 g/3½ Seafood Mince; 250 g/9 Fish; 250 g/9 Crab Meat; 250 g/9 Prawns (medium size)

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Prashad

By J. Inder Singh Kalra

Published 1990

About

This bountiful seafood delight owes its cute name to the sound that metal spatulae make (takka-tak, takka-tak...) during the process of cooking.

Ingredients

250 g/9 Prawns (medium size)
250 g/9 Crab Meat

Method

Preparation

THE SEAFOOD: Shell, devein, wash and pat dry prawns. Take a variety of non-fatty fish of your choice, remove scales, wash, debone and cut into 1-inch chunks. Use the trimmings to make the seafood mince.

THE VEGETABLES: Peel, wash and chop onions. Scrape, wash and chop ginger. Remove stems, wash, slit, deseed and chop green chillies. Boil