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Chingri kabab, Bengali breaded shrimp patties

Chingri kabab, Bengali breaded shrimp patties

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Bengali-style crepes: Shrimp, potatoes, onion, ginger-garlic, chili, and cilantro, mixed together, coated in egg and breadcrumbs, and then deep-fried unti…

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Recipe from RDasgupta2020, Mehedi Abedin, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The chingri kabab is a modern Bengali dish: tender inside, crispy outside, it is served hot with a cilantro chutney, ketchup, or kasundi.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$9.49 $2.37 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $5.61
  • $0.07
  • $0.14
  • $2.10
  • $0.03
  • $0.24
  • $0.18
  • $0.34
  • $0.18
  • $0.40
  • $0.03
  • $0.17

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Finely chop the shrimp. ≈ 8 min
  2. Boil the potato and mash it.
  3. Combine the shrimp, onion, ginger-garlic paste, chili peppers, cilantro, potato, lemon juice, salt, garam masala, and cumin. ≈ 4 min
  4. If the mixture is too soft to shape, add a little breadcrumbs. ≈ 10 min
  5. Shape small, round or oval patties. ≈ 10 min
  6. Dip them in the beaten egg, then in the breadcrumbs.
  7. Fry them in medium heat until they are golden brown and crispy, then drain them on paper towels.
  8. Serve hot with a cilantro chutney, ketchup, or kasundi. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Chingri kabab, Bengali breaded shrimp patties

  • 300 g of peeled and deveined shrimp$5.61
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped onion$0.07
  • 1 tablespoon of ginger-garlic paste$0.14
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro$2.10
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice$0.03
  • 1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin$0.24
  • 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala$0.18
  • One medium-sized potato$0.34
  • breadcrumbs$0.18
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • salt$0.03
  • oil for deep frying$0.17

Total$9.49

that's $2.37 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of peeled and deveined shrimp
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped onion
  • 1 tablespoon of ginger-garlic paste
  • 2 green chili peppers, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala
  • One medium-sized potato
  • breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • salt
  • oil for deep frying

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