Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, bangali maacher jhol (simple bengal fish curry). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
In Bengal, local carp called rohu is used to make this macher jhol recipe, but using a filleted meaty white fish in its place such as cod or halibut works just as well. A superb fish curry fit for a feast. Maacher kalia or maacher jhol is a simple Bengali fish curry that is a favorite in many Indian families.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook bangali maacher jhol (simple bengal fish curry) using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bangali maacher jhol (simple bengal fish curry):
- Make ready 5-6 pieces rohu fish (peeled and de scaled)
- Take 2 potatoes (cut in wedges)
- Get 1 onion (cut in slices)
- Get 3 green chilies
- Make ready 1 tbsp Turmeric powder
- Get 1 1/2 tbspCumin powder
- Take 1 tbsp Ginger paste
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready 4-5 tbsp Mustard oil
- Take 1 bay leaf(optional)
Vegetables like Potato and Brinjal can be added in addition to the fish to enhance the taste and aroma of the curry. This Macher Jhol or the bengali fish curry recipe is just a small and humble attempt to replicate one of the ever favorite recipe from them. The Macher Jhol or the Bengali fish curry recipe is traditionally made with mustard oil in a onion based gravy with aromatic spices. That was the first time when I tasted the Rohu fish though I always prefer sea water fishes but there is a way of making and choosing fresh water fish and if you can do it well then it taste delicious.
Steps to make Bangali maacher jhol (simple bengal fish curry):
- Mix the raw fishes with salt and turmeric
- Fry the fish in hot mustard oil, both sides
- Keep the fishes aside once fried, add some more oil in pan and add potatoes to fry
- After the potatoes are done, pour some more oil and fry the onion with chillies
- Add bay leaf, ginger paste, turmeric and cumin powder and stir well and salt to taste
- Now pour in a cup of warm water on the mixture and add on the fried potatoes and cover and simmer it
- Once the mixture comes to boil add the fried fish
- Serve it with steamed rice
This Bengali fish curry comes pretty close in my world. It is a very simple thin broth like stew, or in Bengali what we call patla jhol. Seasoned with a mélange of a few key spices, this curry is packed with loads of vegetables and chunks of firm white fish. A very light Bengali fish curry, that doesn't call for onion or tomato. Just potato, eggplant and few mild spices is all it needs to prepare this Macher Jhol Aloo Begun Diye.
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