Bengali curry has been named one of the best seafood dishes in the world (Photo: iStock)
India has a long coastline and a strong tradition of seafood cuisine. Each coastal region’s cuisine boasts unique ingredients, techniques, and flavors, which are well reflected in its seafood dishes. Recently, one Indian dish has received global recognition thanks to Taste Atlas. The popular culinary travel guide recently released its July 2024 ranking of the 50 best seafood dishes in the world. Indian curry was ranked 31st.
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There are many Indian curries that use seafood. One that made it onto the Taste Atlas list is Chingri Malai curry, a popular Bengali dish. The guide’s official website describes the key ingredients of this flavoursome shrimp curry as follows: “Made from a base of coconut milk and shrimp, seasoned with garam masala spices and fried in ghee or mustard oil with onions, hot chili peppers, garlic-ginger paste and turmeric. Optionally, red chilli powder, cinnamon, sugar and cardamom can be added to the curry for extra flavour. The dish is cooked until the gravy is thick and creamy.”
If you want to recreate the magic of this curry at home, we’re here to help: click here for the easy step-by-step recipe.
Mexican shrimp dish Camarones Enchipotrados topped Taste Atlas’ list of the 50 best seafood dishes in the world. Japanese Kaisendon and Indonesian Pempek came in second and third, respectively. See the list below:
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