Bengali Shrimp and Green Bean Stir Fry
Bengali Shrimp and Green Bean Stir Fry
This dish from Bangladesh is a great example of classic Bengali home cooking. The dish is simply sautéed garlic and onions in a spice paste simmered with green beans, shrimp, and serrano chiles; making this fiery hot. Serve over steamed basmati rice with lemon wedges to cut through the heat.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 medium yellow onion diced
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 serrano pepper thinly sliced
- 1 lb green beans trimmed
- 1 lb 26/30 ct. peeled and deveined shrimp
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
- basmati rice for serving
- lemon wedges for serving
Instructions
- Pour in vegetable oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté the garlic for 1 minute.
- Add in the onions and 1 tsp of salt. Sauté for 5 minutes. Pour in 1/3 cup of water, cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 5 more minutes.
- Add in the dry spices. Cook for 1 minute.
- Pour in 1/3 cup of water and stir in the green beans. Cover and simmer over medium low heat for 8 minutes.
- Stir in the shrimp and serrano peppers.
- Cook for 5 minutes until the shrimp is opaque. Turn off the heat and stir in the cilantro.
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