Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry)
Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry)

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Here is another Authentic Bengali Macher Recipe Pomfret Fish Curry. Pomfret Curry is a very popular Fish Recipe in Bengali Cuisine. Here is another delicious Pomfret Fish Recipe Pomfret Macher Shorshe Jhal.

Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pomfret macher jhal (bengali fish curry) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry):
  1. Make ready 1 pomfret fish, cut into three pieces
  2. Take 3 tbsp. mustard oil
  3. Take 1/2 tsp. nigella seeds
  4. Prepare 2 green chilies, slit
  5. Get 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
  7. Prepare to taste salt
  8. Prepare 1 tsp. coriander leaves, chopped

Whenever there is a discussion about Bengali fish recipes, people quote the 'machcher jhol'. It is simple and light fish curry very popular in the Bengali. Macher Jhol refers to fish curry in Bengali and there are countless ways fish curries can be prepared. But you can prepare the exact same.

Instructions to make Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry):
  1. Marinate the fish with a pinch of turmeric powder and red chilli powder for 10 minutes.
  2. Mix the remaining turmeric powder and red chilli powder water and keep aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan & fry the fish on both sides till light brown in colour. Drain and keep aside.
  4. Temper the same oil with nigella seeds and green chilies.
  5. Add the paste and salt to taste. Bring it to a boil & gently drop in the fried fish. Cover and simmer on a low flame till the gravy reduces and the oil separates.
  6. When done, drizzle the remaining mustard oil and switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  7. Serve with plain steamed rice.

This Bengali recipe is known as maacher kalia or maacher jhol and is a fish curry with potatoes dish that is popular in many Indian families. Unlike in other parts of India, Bengali recipes call for the frying of the main ingredient in mustard oil before it is added to the gravy or curry. This Bengali fish curry is a tomato based curry flavoured with nigella seeds (kalojeera), garlic and lots of green chillies. Mach stands for fish, tel stands for oil and jhal stands for spicy in Bengali. So here is my oily, spicy Salmon fish curry.

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