Comments on: Dry shrimp gravy (Sukkil sungta ambat)

By: Sonia

Sonia — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:12:59 +0000

Thanks a lot for this recipe. Like you, I never had a taste for dry shrimp but my husband bullied me into buying some from Chinatown. I made this curry today and we both loved it! Thanks again.

By: Akansha's Recipe

Akansha's Recipe — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:31:23 +0000

good one

By: rupal

rupal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:21:14 +0000

but we use amsula instead of tamarind n coriander seed quantity is bit more. love to see our kind of recipes in ur blog, keep it up! i knw mooga paays, i wud really like to share it. tell me how???

shilpa: Sorry, at this point, there is no option for reader’s recipes.

By: rupal

rupal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:19:06 +0000

mageli aai bi karta ho abmat ani sheeta bara khup bare lagta he ambat!!! hao bi karu shikla ata…

By: rupal

rupal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:16:45 +0000

Hey, are you from karwar?

Shilpa: No, I am from kumta

By: Lee Schuck

Lee Schuck — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:40:12 +0000

Do you just crunch through the shells on the dried shimp? I tried some today in dashi and the shells put me off…

By: Janet Stephens

Janet Stephens — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:07:37 +0000

Hi,

This recipe was yum..i tried it today being my weekend off..My husband enjoyed it too. May be i will use this recipe for preparing salt fish curry too. I am sure it wud come out great.
Thanks so much.I was always wondering where cud i find this recipe and i hv found it at last.

Cheers
Janet

By: Preeti

Preeti — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:27:09 +0000

Hi Shilpa,
I just landed at your website today and its great indeed.
I had a quick question

In your reciepe’s when you menttion coriander seeds does it mean dhaniya seeds or cumin seeds (rai in hindi)

Shilpa: Please click on the link to find out.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:33:07 +0000

I love to eat dried shrimp. In the Hispanic world, we use dried shrimp wih whipped eggs as an ingredient to make and fry these little patties and after we fry we add a mixture of red chile sauces as a combination with nopales which we use alot during Lent and Easter.

My question is: Does dried shrimp have an expiration? Does it go bad after a year storage. Does it smell bad? Something like ammonia!!

I have a bag that I have left over from last year, and while I was cooking it, it did have a little funny smell.

I have looked in some of my cook books and have not found the answer. I you have a minute, I would love to look into this somewhere!!.

Thank you have a great day. Laura [;-))

Shilpa: Laura, usually I have seen that these dried shrimps are kept in an air tight bag for over a year. Occasionally, we would spread them under hot sun to take out any moisture that might have got into it. So if you see some difference in smell or the color, it is better not to use them.

By: Mariette

Mariette — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:32:18 +0000

My mother-in-law adds a handful of dried fish (mostly shrimps) to her veggie curries for extra taste.