Katla Kaliya

Name: Katla Kaliya
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 pieces Katla fish; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 2 onions sliced; 1 medium onion made into paste; 1 tsp sugar; 2 bay leaves; 3 cardamom; 3 cloves; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp green chilli paste; 1/4 cup curd; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1 cup water

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Season's Fresh Catch
Ingredient used: Katla Fish ( Indian Carp)
Week 9

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Season's Fresh Catch
Ingredient used: Katla Fish ( Indian Carp)
Week 9

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Ingredients

40 minutes

2 people

For seasoning the Katla Fish:
2 piecesKatla fish
1/4 tspsalt
1/4 tspturmeric powder
For the gravy:
2onions sliced
1medium onion made into paste
1 tspsugar
2bay leaves
3cardamom
3cloves
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgreen chilli paste
1/4 cupcurd
1 tspturmeric powder
1 1/2 tspred chilli powder
1 tspcumin powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspsalt
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
2 tbspmustard oil
1 cupwater

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Smear the katla fish pieces with salt, turmeric powder and keep aside.
2

Now heat mustard oil in a kadai and fry the katla fish pieces till golden brown in colour.
3

Now in the same pan add sugar, bay leaves,crushed cardamom, cinnamon and cloves.
4

Once the oil becomes aromatic add the onion slices and cook till it is pinkish brown in colour.
5

Now add in the onion paste and cook till oil separates.
6

Now add the ginger paste and cook till the raw smell of ginger is gone.
7

Now add the green chilli paste and cook for a minute.
8

Now prepare a paste with a little water with chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder and coriander powder and add it in the kadai and cook for 2 minutes.
9

After 2 minutes whiskey the curd well in a bowl and add in the kadai. Make sure to keep the stove flame on low.
10

Cook on low flame till oil separates from the kadai.
11

Now add salt and a cup of water and let it come to a boil.
12

Once it comes to a boil add the katla fish pieces, garam masala in it and let it simmer till the gravy is reduced a bit.
13

Finally remove from the stove and serve hot with steamed white rice.