Data Chingri
By Rownak Jahan,
January 19, 2012
Prep Time: 8 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Yield: Serve: 4-6
Ingredients:
• 300 grams data
• 150 gram pumpkin
• 150 gram peeled prawn
• ½ medium onion sliced
• 2 tablespoon onion paste
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder(optional)
• 3 tablespoon oil
• Salt to taste
How to cook:
1. Cut data into 1.5″ pieces and wash it.
2. Cut pumpkin like the picture and wash it.
3. Heat the pan with oil and add the onion.
4. Cook the onion till it becomes transparent.
5. Add bay leaf, turmeric, chilli, onion paste and salt and cook it till oil comes out.
6. Add prawn and cook 2 minutes.
7. Add data, pumpkin and 2 cups water and cook it till data becomes tender.
8. Add cumin powder and check the salt. Remove from the stove.
9. Serve data chingri with rice.
Hi
I am big fan of your website.
I live in Melbourne Australia.
Could you please tell me where can I (recipe data Chingri)get data?
good luck
Nahid
Hi,
I live in Gold Coast Australia. Here I get data shak in farmers market or Asian Super market. data is very available there. I fry the leaves and keep aside the stem(Data) from it. You can get frozen data but to be honest I never use it. Hope it will help you. Thanks
What’s the English name of data?
it will be amaranth.
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Most welcome.
You have NO IDEA how long I have been looking for this one. Thanks a lot.
Most welcome. Your words are my inspiration. So never shy to share it.
hi i live in usa .Love your blog .My friends are so curious to find out where i am getting my receipes from .All credit goes to you. Today ,I need your help to find out about different kinds of shak.There are different kind of Sak (green leaves) available in Asian farmers market here ,but i don,t know which one is what.Can you give me the english name with bengali name of that sak .I only know when i see pui sak and lal sak.
thanks again.
Thanks. I will try to do post on bangladeshi leafy vege(shak) with name and photo soon. May be it will help.
Thanks for continued sending mother test receipes.
Shams*
Thats the reason behind my cooking(missing mum’s cook badly). So only option I have to cook like her, After all I know the taste. Thanks.
Hi I live in India Kolkata I cooked your recipe it was really awesome thanks a lot for sharing, one thing if you can suggest me if i would like to cook cholar Dal data with chingri and coconut milk or powder any addition of of spices required. Thanks again.