ABOUT Chital Maacher Jhol/Clown Knife Fish Gravy RECIPE
The king of all fishes, the mighty Chital, is known as the Clown Knife fish in English. I find that this translation somehow robs the fish of it's glory.
Recipe Tags
Non-veg
Dinner Party
West Bengal
Frying
Side Dishes
Ingredients Serving: 4
4 chital maacher peti
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp salt
tsp jeera
1 large tomato chopped
2 potatoes cubed
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste
cup mustard oil
Instructions
Apply salt and turmeric to the fish and marinate it for half an hour.
Then heat the mustard oil to a smoking point, reduce the flame and fry the fish pieces. Keep aside.
In the same oil, add in the jeera. Then the cubed potatoes and fry well. Put in half the ginger paste and chopped tomato. Cover and cook till the tomato becomes soft.
Add in the cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Stir well and fry till the oil separates.
Add 1 cup of water and bring it to a boil. Now add the fried fish pieces, cover and cook for 10 minutes. .
Put in the rest of the ginger paste, let this simmer for a minute and switch off the heat.
Garnish with ginger juliennes and fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot alongside rice for best taste.
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Apply salt and turmeric to the fish and marinate it for half an hour.
Then heat the mustard oil to a smoking point, reduce the flame and fry the fish pieces. Keep aside.
In the same oil, add in the jeera. Then the cubed potatoes and fry well. Put in half the ginger paste and chopped tomato. Cover and cook till the tomato becomes soft.
Add in the cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Stir well and fry till the oil separates.
Add 1 cup of water and bring it to a boil. Now add the fried fish pieces, cover and cook for 10 minutes. .
Put in the rest of the ginger paste, let this simmer for a minute and switch off the heat.
Garnish with ginger juliennes and fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot alongside rice for best taste.
INGREDIENTS
SERVING: 4
4 chital maacher peti
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp salt
tsp jeera
1 large tomato chopped
2 potatoes cubed
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste
cup mustard oil
Chital Maacher Jhol/Clown Knife Fish Gravy - Reviews
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