Tandoori-Style Shrimp With Rice and Peas

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Enough with the shrimp dishes that aren't generous! Here, a operation of spices that beats immoderate supermarket garam masala is stirred into yogurt for a marinade that coats the seafood and keeps it moist, adjacent nether the broiler. The vigor of cayenne capsicum successful that spice blend whitethorn intensify aft a fewer bites, truthful if you are delicate to it, commencement with 1/4 spoon alternatively of adding the 1/2 teaspoon.

While the shrimp marinates, you marque atom that's guaranteed not to beryllium gummy oregon mushy. That's due to the fact that you boil it, successful tons of water, similar you would pasta. Fresh carrot and frozen peas travel to the close somesthesia erstwhile they are stirred into the just-cooked rice.

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Adapted from a Real Simple recipe.

Ingredients

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Servings: 2-3

  • 1 cupful plain yogurt (regular oregon low-fat)
  • 1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
  • 1 spoon crushed cumin
  • 1/2 spoon crushed cayenne capsicum (see headnote)
  • 1/2 spoon crushed turmeric
  • 1 lb peeled and deveined ample earthy shrimp
  • 1 spoon kosher salt
  • 1 cupful long-grain achromatic rice
  • 1 mean oregon ample carrot
  • 3/4 cupful frozen peas
  • 1/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 3, utilizing 3/4 spoon brackish and fractional the marinade)

  • Calories

    190

  • Fat

    2 g

  • Carbohydrates

    10 g

  • Sodium

    540 mg

  • Cholesterol

    245 mg

  • Protein

    34 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a Real Simple recipe.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published April 2, 2018

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Updated March 16, 2026

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