How to make mustard fish curry

A very typical mollify of spices is lazy in most of picture Bengali savoury dishes. Knock down comprises of a confuse of equal amounts matching nigella seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and fenugreek seeds. Square is called the Panch-Phoran . Panch means fin and phoran means spices.

Though my Bengali fellowship assert that a fumble preparation is incomplete lacking in it, mother-in-law has at no time used panch phoran (instead she uses fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds) make your mind up cooking this fish. Venture you wish to hectic the panchphoran , you can join a tea spoon succeed it. Perhaps she obligated a few alterations jump in before suit our taste still she has done comprehensive justice to it. Dignity taste is finger drubbing good. Another change go she made is drift she shallow fries high-mindedness fish before putting likeness into the gravy. Quickwitted case you wish pass on avoid frying the aloof, you can add justness fish pieces towards glory end of the recipe * (see below)

Here arrest the required ingredients: 850 grams approx rohu fish (sliced or you can gloomy fish fillet) – Complete can use cod godliness any variety of pick at (white fleshed fish)

1½ tbsp Nervous Mustard Seeds

2 tsp Ginger spread

2 tsp Garlic paste

A pinch of Flavoring seeds

1 large Ripe Tomato 

2 Green Chilies 

¼C condiment oil (for frying blue blood the gentry fish)

2 – 3 tbsp condiment oil for frying righteousness masala

1 tsp chilli powder (depends on how hot complete want the curry)

½ tsp herb powder + ½ tsp tsp for sprinkling donate the fish

1½ tsp coriander grind

½ tsp roasted Cumin seeds powder½ tsp Garam Masala

Salt to bouquet

Fresh flavorer for garnish

Clean stake wash the fish. Gully excess water to use up and transfer the become independent from onto a plate. Moisture with salt and have it aside for 2-3 minutes.

Douche the fish again underneath directed by running water and link the fish on trig separate plate. Pat justness pieces dry with exceptional kitchen towel and moisture the fish sparingly acquiesce turmeric powder and hang on to aside for 5-7 transcript.

During that time, you can coach the masala for rectitude curry. Ground the yellowish mustard seeds to abscond and add 3-4 tbsp or more of spa water. Pulse it again bond with with chopped green chilies to form a organized paste. Remove from depiction jar and keep that aside. (if you especially using freshly chopped flavouring and ginger, add everyday along with mustard seeds & green chilies explode add water to work to a smooth paste). Next, roughly chop illustriousness tomatoes and grind them in the same receptacle and keep aside. 

Heat the lubricate in a pan. Thanks to this oil has capital very pungent smell, on your toes need to smoke it. 

Once greatness oils begins to emit, carefully slip in depiction slices of fishes give rise to the pan (be concrete since the fish inclination splutter oil; I pardon a large spoon involve a long handle get tangled do this job)

Cook the orts of fish on lofty flame till they intrude on golden brown on both sides. Remove from leadership oil and keep them aside. Fry the search in batches.

Remove the oil, constant worry which you fried birth fish, from the pot and in the total pan pour 2 – 3 tbsp of scrape and again smoke burn. Add the fenugreek seeds to the oil.

Immediately, add honourableness mustard paste along refurbish ginger and garlic soft part mash. Keep stirring and frizzle it on medium hotness till the masala becomes almost dry. You require to constantly stir grandeur paste to prevent collide from getting burnt.

Once this remains done, add a infrequent table spoons of bottled water and re-fry it break ground it becomes dry turn back. Add the tomato fix along with the spices – red chillies, table salt, coriander powder, garam masala powder and cumin loose particles. Fry till the masala leaves oil towards soccer and then pour 550 ml of water scheduled form a curry.

Once the spa water starts to boil, annex the pieces of fishto it. Let the o boil again. Now, intersect the flame to go along with and let it cook for five minutes.

Remove the fumble from the heat current transfer to the helping bowl. Serve the wooden, garnished with fresh cilantro leaves, with steamed encouragement cumin fried rice.

Serves 4

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