Chingri malai curry

Bengali curry made from prawns and coconut milk and flavored with spices

Chingri malai curry or malai chingri, also known as prawn malai curry, is a Bengali curry made from tiger (bagda) and king prawns (chingri) and coconut milk and flavoured with spices. The dish is popular throughout Bengal and is served during weddings and celebrations, or for guests, and was also very popular among the British in Calcutta. The term malai is usually conflated with the coconut milk used in the preparation but actually comes from Malay, possibly referring Laksa curry.