Machha ambila

Name: Machha ambila
Total time: 300 s
Yield: 4servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 Rohu fish pieces; 1 Onion chopped; 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste; 1 tsp Panch phoron; 2 Dry Red Chilli; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Red Chilli powder; 3 tbsp Jaggery /sugar or according to taste; Tarmarind soaked in warm Water few; 1 sprig Curry Leaves; 1/4 tsp Asafoetida; 2 tbsp Mustard oil; Salt as per taste; Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing

Shashwatee Swagatica @cook_9283061

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Ambila is a very popular and traditional Odisha recipe. Machha ambila can be described as fish cooked in a light sweet-soury-tangy gravy. The combination of tamarind and jaggery gives the gravy an amazing flavour. It can be prepared in this same way using only vegetables too.

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Shashwatee Swagatica @cook_9283061

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Ingredients

2 5mins

4servings

4Rohu fish pieces
1Onion chopped
1 tspGinger garlic paste
1 tspPanch phoron
2Dry Red Chilli
1 tspTurmeric powder
1 tspRed Chilli powder
3 tbspJaggery /sugar or according to taste
Tarmarind soaked in warm Water few
1 sprigCurry Leaves
1/4 tspAsafoetida
2 tbspMustard oil
Salt as per taste
Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing

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Steps

2 5mins

1

Marinate fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder for 10mins.
2

Heat mustard oil in a pan, add panch phoron, dry red chilli, chopped onion, curry leaves. hing. Saute.
3

When onion becomes light pink add the ginger garlic paste and saute till raw aroma goes.
4

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt.
5

Add fish pieces and fry each side 2mins.
6

Add 1cup tarmarind water.
7

When boil comes add jaggery /sugar.
8

Cook further few mins till jaggery melts and gravy becomes thick. Adjust consistency according to your choice.
9

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve hot with steamed rice.
10

Panch phoron is a mixture of - Cumin, Brown Mustard, Fenugreek, Nigella and Fennel seeds.
11

Adjust sweetness and sourness of the gravy according to the taste.