Thursday, April 2, 2009

Bengali style fish curry.


This has been long time since I posted a recipe. It does not mean that I did not do cooking in the mean time. I did, but was being lazy to post the recipes. So, I promised myself, this week I am going to post at least five recipes.

I bought a big Rui mach this month. I tried a lot of fish recipes with this one. Almost all of them tasted great. The fish also tasted unbelievably fresh.

Let me start with the latest recipe I tried with the fish. this is a very simple yet very tasty recipe, as all my recipes are. If any recipe requires a lot of labour I prefer staying out of it. If you are like me, you are going to like the recipe.

Ingredients are as follows:

Rohu fish/rui mach, 1/2 inch slices 8
Lemon juice 2 tablespoons
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Mustard oil 4 tablespoons
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Onion seeds (kalojeera) 1 teaspoon
Whole dry red chillies 4
Bay leaf 1
Ginger paste 2 teaspoons
Garlic paste 2 teaspoons
Onions, chopped 3 medium
Mustard paste 1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder 2 teaspoons
Green chillies, slit 4
Fresh coriander leaves, chopped 2 tablespoons

Method

Marinate fish fillets with lemon juice, half a teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt. Set aside for thirty minutes.Heat two tablespoons of mustard oil in a pan and shallow fry fish pieces on both sides until slightly browned. Drain on absorbent paper and set aside. Heat remaining oil in the same pan, add mustard seeds, onion seeds, whole red chillies and bay leaf, cook for a few minutes till seeds crackle. Add ginger paste, garlic paste and cook again for a moment. Add chopped onions and cook until slightly brown in colour. Add mustard paste, red chilli powder, coriander powder and remaining turmeric powder. Stir and cook masala until oil starts separating. Add two cups of water and salt, bring to a boil and then add shallow fried fish. Add slit green chillies and cook on a low heat until fish is cooked and oil starts floating on top. Remove and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with steamed rice.



Enjoy! Healthy eating.

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