Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry)

Name: Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 pomfret fish, cut into three pieces; 3 tbsp. mustard oil; 1/2 tsp. nigella seeds; 2 green chilies, slit; 1 tbsp. red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder; to taste salt; 1 tsp. coriander leaves, chopped

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#traditional - This is a traditional Bengali homemade style Pomfret fish curry. It is cooked with minimum of spices and is a quick recipe. It just has red chilli powder and turmeric powder as the base of the gravy. It's that simple with minimum effort but with maximum flavour. It hardly takes any time to dish out this traditional Bengali delicacy. It does not have too much gravy and is on the dry side. It is best relished with only and only plain steamed rice.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

1pomfret fish, cut into three pieces
3 tbsp.mustard oil
1/2 tsp.nigella seeds
2green chilies, slit
1 tbsp.red chilli powder
1/2 tsp.turmeric powder
to tastesalt
1 tsp.coriander leaves, chopped

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Steps

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.