Chingudi Bara aka Shrimp Cakes

How was your weekend ? Did you relax and have quality time with your family and friends ? Did you cook something special, light some fragrant candles and play some light music and enjoy some mushy moments ? Or was it a busy one ..... with you catching up with pending stuff and running around to complete errands that had been waiting to catch your attention.

Mine was quite a balanced one.

It began with the birthday party of a six year old on Friday. I ran errands on Saturday but Sunday was quite peaceful.

I decided to prepare these Chingudi Bara ( Chingudi = Shrimp in Odiya) Shrimp Cakes ..... my very own recipe. But there is not much to boast about because when you add shrimps to potatoes with some dry ground spices they are supposed to taste good. You can never go wrong with it.

Preparation Time 30 minutes

Makes about 8-9 medium size cakes

Ingredients

Cleaned and de-veined Shrimp - 6

Potato - 1 (Medium Sized)

Chopped Scallions - 1 cup

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp

Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp

Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp

Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 1 pinch

Lime Juice - 1 tsp

Salt per taste

Oil for cooking

Method of Preparation

1. Roughly chop the shrimps. Mash the Potatoes.

2. In a pan, heat about 1 tsp of oil. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 -3 minutes. Add the chopped shrimps and fry till the shrimps are transparent. Remove from pan and let it cool.

3 Mix the rest of the ingredients with the mashed potatoes along with this fried shrimps.

4 Make small cakes out of the mixture.

5 Heat some more oil in a tawa. Fry till both sides are brown and crisp.

Serving Tips

Serve warm. Sprinkle some Chat Masala and lime juice.

Variation

You many also shallow fry the cakes.

Other Names

Shrimp Cakes - Chingudi Bara

Do let me know what you think about this recipe. I would appreciate your inputs for the same. Have a wonderful week ahead !