Macha besara

Name: Macha besara
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 to 3 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 700 gm Rohu fish(cleaned & washed); 1 & 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds; 1 piece dry mango; 1 roughly chopped tomato; 5/7 piece garlic cloves; 1 finely chopped onion; 2 green chilli; 2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp panch phoran; 4/5 piece curry leaves; 1 1 bay; 2 dry red chilli; 3/4 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tsp sugar; as needed salt; as needed mustard oil

Homelyrecipe @cook_17140520

Bangalore

Macha besara (in Odia ) is a fish curry where fish is cooked with mustard sauce . Traditionally a dry mango is added for sourness taste, which gives a very unique taste to the fish curry.

Sharing my #favourite recipe which I have learned from my mother.

Macha besara (in Odia ) is a fish curry where fish is cooked with mustard sauce . Traditionally a dry mango is added for sourness taste, which gives a very unique taste to the fish curry.

Sharing my #favourite recipe which I have learned from my mother.

Homelyrecipe @cook_17140520

Bangalore

Macha besara (in Odia ) is a fish curry where fish is cooked with mustard sauce . Traditionally a dry mango is added for sourness taste, which gives a very unique taste to the fish curry.

Sharing my #favourite recipe which I have learned from my mother.

Macha besara (in Odia ) is a fish curry where fish is cooked with mustard sauce . Traditionally a dry mango is added for sourness taste, which gives a very unique taste to the fish curry.

Sharing my #favourite recipe which I have learned from my mother.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 to 3 serving

700 gmRohu fish(cleaned & washed)
1& 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
1 piecedry mango
1roughly chopped tomato
5/7 piecegarlic cloves
1finely chopped onion
2green chilli
2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspcumin powder
1 tsppanch phoran
4/5 piececurry leaves
11 bay
2dry red chilli
3/4 tbspmustard oil
1 tspsugar
as neededsalt
as neededmustard oil

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Steps

30 minutes

1

First marinate fish(here I have taken Rohu fish) with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder & salt as per taste. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
2

Soak 1 & 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds & dry red chilli for 5/10 minutes. Then grind soaked mustard seed, dry red chilli with tomato, garlic cloves and make a smooth paste.
3

Heat a pan add mustard oil. Shallow fry marinated fish till golden brown. Then keep aside.
4

Again heat a pan add 2/3 mustard oil. Add 1 tsp panch phoran. When they starts sputtering add bay leaf, curry leaves & finely chopped onion. Fry onions till light brown.
5

Then add all dry spices (turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder). Mix well everything & fry adding some water for 3/5 minutes until oil separates from masala.
6

Then add prepared ground paste & stir for only 10/30 secs. Then add 2 cup water(for more gravy). Add salt as per taste, sugar, 2 whole green chilli & dry mango.Let the water boil properly.
7

Then add fried fish & cook for 3/4 minutes. At the end garnish with corinader leaves.
8

Switch off the gas & cover the curry leave for 5/10 minutes. Then serve hot with rice.