Name: Macher Jhol - Bengali Style Fish Curry recipe by Soma Mukherjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Fish 4 pieces; Onion chopped 1 small size; Tomato chopped 1 medium sized; Green cilli 2, nigella seeds 1 teaspoon; Mustard oil for cooking about 4 table spoon; Ginger Cumin paste; Salt and sugar as required; Mustard paste 3 table spoon + 1 teaspoon termaric powder

ABOUT Macher Jhol - Bengali Style Fish Curry RECIPE

Fish cooked with mustard paste and oil. It's a traditional bengali fish preparation

Ingredients Serving: 4

Fish 4 pieces
Onion chopped 1 small size
Tomato chopped 1 medium sized
Green cilli 2, nigella seeds 1 teaspoon
Mustard oil for cooking about 4 table spoon
Ginger Cumin paste
Salt and sugar as required
Mustard paste 3 table spoon + 1 teaspoon termaric powder

Instructions

TAKE 4 FISH PIECES, ADD 1 TSP TURMERIC, 1/2 TSP SALT, RUB WELL, SET ASIDE FOR 15 MINS
HEAT 4 TBSP MUSTARD OIL, SHALLOW FRY THE MARINATED FISH PIECES
FLIP & FRY FROM BOTH SIDES
COVER & COOK FOR 3-4 MINS ON LOW HEAT
TAKE OFF HEAT WHEN GOLDEN BROWN & CRISP LIKE THIS, SET ASIDE
ADD 1/2 TSP NIGELLA SEEDS, 1 SLICED ONION INTO THE HOT OIL, SAUTE UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN
ADD 1 CHOPPED TOMATO, COOK UNTIL SOFT
ADD 1 TBSP CUMIN SEEDS-GINGER PASTE
ADD 1 CUP WATER
ADD THE FRIED FISH PIECES
ADD 1/4 CUP MUSTARD PASTE, 1/2 TSP TURMERIC POWDER, MIX
ADD 1/4 CUP WATER, SALT TO TASTE
ADD 2 GREEN CHILLIES, 2 TSP MUSTARD OIL, COVER & SIMMER FOR 5 MINS ON LOW HEAT, SERVE HOT WITH RICE

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