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Moms Fish Curry
Bongs and fish curries is a match made in heaven. I grew up in a Bong family and hence fish curry has always been my Achilles’ heel. My mom can cook hundred’s of fish curries and she knows what should be the recipe for a specific fish. Every curry she makes, tastes different and distinct based on the fish that is being used in the curry and that is always my mom’s specialty.
The recipe I am writing here is one of the most famous dishes of hers not because of the taste but because of the speed at which she used to cook this dish back in the day. This can be served in less than 20 minutes if you have if you have good fast hands.
My dad is fond of fishes and he always wanted a fish on his lunch plate. So my mom used to come during the lunch break from office and cook it pretty quickly and serve the same to all of us. Everyone used to call it the Jhat-Phat Fish curry. This dish makes me nostalgic and I have wonderful memories of this growing up. I could never hit the bull’s-eye and cook like my mom but here is a try.
If you cook this one , please eat it with plain rice as it’s a Bong thing…!!
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Cuisine – Indian, Bengali
Keywords- Fish Curry, Kolkata, Bengali Fish, Food, Spicy, Tasty, Recipe, Cooking
Prep Time – 5 Mins.
Cook Time – 23 Mins.
Ingredients :
Some oil
Salt to taste
3 Tablespoon of Cumin powder
½ Tablespoon of Chili powder
½ Tablespoon of Turmeric powder
1.5 Tablespoon of Cumin seeds
½ Tablespoon of Fennel Seeds
½ Onion chopped into thin slices.
2 Green chili’s, sliced from the middle.
½ Inch grated Ginger stem.
1 Tomato diced into medium pieces.
Some fresh cilantro.
3 Pieces of Fish (Rohu is preferred, but I have used Catfish)
RECIPE:
Masala Paste-
1. Take a bowl and add three spoons of cumin powder into it.
2. Add half spoon each of turmeric powder and chili powder into the same bowl.
3. Add 1/5 of a cup of water into the bowl and mix them thoroughly. Make sure to turn into a thick paste. You can refer to the video in case you need more details.
Fish Curry -
1. Pour some oil in a deep bottom pan and let it heat in medium flame.
2. Add 1.5 spoons of cumin seeds into the pan.
3. Add Half a spoon of fenugreek seed into the pan.
4. Sauté them together for two minutes.
5. Add half onion sliced into thin slices, 2 chili’s and half inch of ginger grated small into the pan. Sauté them until the onion turns golden brown in color.
6. Now add the masala paste created before.
7. Sauté for four minutes.
8. Add one tomato days into medium sized pieces.
9. Cook for a minute or two and add half a cup of water into the pan.
10. Add some fresh chopped cilantros, salt to taste and cook for seven minutes keeping the lid closed.
11. Open the lid and add three pieces of fish.
12. Close the lid and cook it for 7 to 8 minutes and the dish is ready
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