Katla fish with baby pumpkin/ kochi kumdo diye katla machher jhol

Name: Katla fish with baby pumpkin/ kochi kumdo diye katla machher jhol
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 8 pieces katla fish; 2 potato; 1 baby pumpkin cuts into cubes; 1 onion; 1 tomato chopped; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 bay leaf; 1/4 tsp cumin seeds; 2,3 green chilli slitted; 2 cardamom pods; 1 small cinnamon stick; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp sugar; 1 tsp salt or as required; 4 tbsp mustard oil; 1/4 tsp ghee/ clarified butter

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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#fish curry with pumpkin
Katla fish with baby pumpkin/ kochi kumdo diye katla machher jhol is a runny fish curry from West Bengal prepared along with baby pumpkin & potato.
This is a signature bengali fish curry/ machher jhol , I used here baby whole onions also.

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 servings

8 pieceskatla fish
2potato
1baby pumpkin cuts into cubes
1onion
1tomato chopped
1 tspginger paste
1 tspcumin powder
1bay leaf
1/4 tspcumin seeds
2,3green chilli slitted
2cardamom pods
1small cinnamon stick
1 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspkashmiri red chilli powder
1/4 tspsugar
1 tspsalt or as required
4 tbspmustard oil
1/4 tspghee/ clarified butter

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Steps

20 minutes

1

First wash the fish pieces well, then rub them with salt & turmeric powder & let them sit for 10 minutes.
2

Thinly slice the onion.Heat mustard oil in a non-stick kadai & fry the fish.Remove the fish pieces from the oil & set aside.
3

In the same oil separately fry the potato pieces., whole onions & pumpkin pieces.Set them aside.
4

Now add bay leaf, cumin seeds, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks,slitted green chilli to the oil to temper it.
5

Add the chopped onions & let them fry over medium flame.Then add chopped tomatoes, kashmiri red chilli powder, ginger paste, cumin powder.
6

Cook until the oil begins to separate from the mixture, adding a little water.
7

Add salt, turmeric powder, sugar & cook for about 5 minutes on low flame.
8

Now add the fried pumpkin, fried potatoes, whole onions, coating them with the spices using a spatula.
9

Pour in 3,4 cups hot water, cover the kadai, cook on high heat about 5,6 minutes until the potatoes, pumpkins, whole onions are fully cooked.
10

Finally add the fried katka fish to the gravy & cook for another 2,3 minutes
11

Switch off the flame,add ghee / clarified butter to enhances the flavour of this katla fish with baby pumpkin.
12

Serve the delicious fish curry / kochi kumdo diye katla machher jhol with hot steam rice & sugandha raj lebu / kaffir lime.