How to make Classic Seafood Paella -
A classic Italian dish cooked with prawns, clams and small fish.
This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sirf 30 minute.
Main Ingredients : Prawns (प्रॉन/कोलम्बी/झींगा), Tomato (टमाटर)
Cuisine : Spanish
Course : Main Course Seafood
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Classic Seafood Paella Recipe Card
Spanish cuisine is the result of a great variety of cooking cultures that have been living together in Spain. The different climates and ways of life of each region to have played their role. Some of the main ingredients that make up Spanish food are vegetables, meat and fish.
Over the centuries Spain has been invaded by Romans, French, Moors, Phoenicians who introduced new cooking styles and ingredients in the Spanish cuisine, but the Spanish food is also influenced by other cultures. Spaniards were the main colonizers of America, Columbus was Spanish!
The discovery of the New World brought new essential ingredients to the Mediterranean gastronomy like tomato, potato, chocolate that are now commonly used in a lot of Spanish dishes.
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Classic Seafood Paella Recipe
Prawns (kolambi/jhinga) shelled with tails and head intac 200 grams
Tomato 100 grams
Small fish 1 1/2 cups
Olive oil 3-4 tablespoons
Garlic cloves crushed 12
Onion roughly chopped 2 medium
Red bell pepper cut into long strips 1
Yellow bell pepper cut into long strips 1
Crushed black peppercorns to taste
Salt to taste
Frozen green peas soaked 1 cup
Sugar to taste
Tomatoes roughly chopped 4 medium
Fish stock 1 cup
Saffron (kesar) dissolved in two tablespoons of milk a few strands
Red chilli flakes 1 tablespoon
Extra virgin olive oil 3-4 teaspoons
Fresh basil leaves 10-12
Method
Step 1
Heat olive oil in a pan. Add garlic and sauté. Add onions and sauté till translucent.
Step 2
Add red and yellow bell pepper and sauté. Add crushed black peppercorns and mix.
Step 3
Add prawns, clams, small fish and sauté. Cover and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Step 4
Add salt, sugar and tomatoes and mix well. Add rice and mix well.
Step 5
Add fish stock, saffron dissolved in milk and chilli flakes and mix well.
Step 6
Add 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil. Chop basil leaves and add to the paella pan.
Step 7
Add green peas and mix well. Cover and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Step 8
Sprinkle some extra virgin olive oil. Transfer in a serving plate.
Step 9
Sprinkle some more extra virgin olive oil and serve hot.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 2120 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 303.9 gm
Protein : 105.5 gm
Fat : 51.7 gm
Other : Iron-17.7mg
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