I have been really enjoying making shrimp dishes at home. Shrimp can be pricey but I stocked up recently when they were on sale.

Today I will share my shrimp malai curry recipe with you. This is an aromatic silky curry which is very popular in Bengali households. In Bengal we call this dish chingri malai curry. Chingri means shrimp and malai means creamy.

The shrimp is cooked in coconut milk, yogurt, and tomato sauce along with typical Indian spices. I have tried this dish with sour cream instead of yogurt a few times. To be honest I liked the sour cream version a bit better but sour cream is not traditional.

This dish is best served over hot cooked white jasmine or basmati rice. Let me know how you try this dish and like it!

Ingredients

• 1 lbs. extra large peeled, deveined, and tailed intact shrimp
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 2 cinnamon leaves, torn into pieces
• 1 cup coarsley grated yellow onions
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic
• 1 tbsp. ginger paste
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. red Indian chili powder
• 1/2 tsp. turmeric
• 2 tsp. cumin powder
• 2 tsp. coriander powder
• 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
• 1/4 cup roasted garlic tomato sauce
• 1 13.5 oz can full fat coconut milk
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaves

Instructions

Heat oil in a medium sized heavy bottom saucepan over medium heat. Add cinnamon leaves, then stir and cook for 10-15 seconds.

Carefully add onions as it can splatter. Stir well, then cook for 3-5 minutes, or until you see some color. Add ginger and garlic, stir cook for another minute.

Add sugar, salt, chili, turmeric, cumin, and coriander. Turn down the heat to low, then stir, and cook for another minute.

Next add tomato sauce and yogurt. Stir well and cook on low for 5 minutes. Make sure to stir often.

Add coconut milk, and stir well.

Cover and cook for 20 minutes, make sure to stir time to time while scraping the bottom and sides of the pan.

Add shrimp, stir well, then cover, and cook for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, stir well, and taste for seasoning.

Add cilantro and stir well. Transfer to a serving dish.

Serve over cooked white or brown rice!

Serves 4-6

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