Mustard Fish

Name: Mustard Fish
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams River fish; 2 tbsp Black mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; salt; 1 pinch nigella seeds; 1 cup water; 8 piece Green chillies

Nisha_Rajan @cook_2931077

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

A simple recipe, easy and fast; and tasty too.

Nisha_Rajan @cook_2931077

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

A simple recipe, easy and fast; and tasty too.

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Ingredients

30 mins

3 servings

500 gramsRiver fish
2 tbspBlack mustard seeds
1/4 tspturmeric powder
salt
1 pinchnigella seeds
1 cupwater
8 pieceGreen chillies

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Steps

30 mins

1

Marinate fish pieces with 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and a little salt and keep it aside.
2

Grind together 2 tablespoon black mustard seeds, 5 green chillies and salt with a little water till you get a smooth paste and keep it aside.
3

Heat 5 tablespoon mustard oil in a frying pan till smoking point and add the fish.
4

Fry the pieces of fish, few at a time till both sides are just done. Drain the oil and keep aside.
5

To the remaining oil add nigella seeds and the three green chillies slit halfway. When the seeds splutter, add the ground paste. Fry for a minute, then add 1 cup of water and mix. When the gravy boils add the fish pieces to it and cook, covered ,for a minute or two till the gravy thickens and the fish is cooked through.
6

Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot with plain boiled white rice.