Learn how to make delicious and flavorful Bengali Fish Curry.
Ingredients:
For marinade: 2 tblsp lemon juice, Salt and Turmeric
4 tbsps.mustard oil for frying
salt to taste
8 fish fillets
2 red chillies whole
1 tbsp mustard paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tblsp coriander powder
1 tblsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 bay leaves
1 onion chopped
1 tsp onion seeds (kalonji)
How to make bengali fish curry :
• Clean and cut fish fillet, wash well, remove excess water and then marinate with limejuice, turmeric powder and salt.
• Keep aside for 30 minutes.
• Heat up a pan, mix in 2 tblsp oil, shallow fry marinated fish from both sides until slightly golden.
• Take off and keep aside.
• Heat up remaining oil, mix in mustard seeds, kalonji, whole dry red chillies and bay leaf, stir fry for a few minutes till seeds crackles, mix in ginger, garlic paste and stir fry again for a moment.
• Mix in cut onion and stir fry until slightly golden-brown in colour.
• Mix in mustard paste, coriander powder and turmeric powder, stir fry masala. n
• Adjust water and salt, bring to boil and then mix in shallow fried fish.
• Cook further for 3-4 mins.
• Take off and decorate with cut green coriander leaves.
Serve with Rice!