Katla kaliya

Name: Katla kaliya
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 katla fish pieces; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 2 onions sliced; 1 1/2 onion made into paste; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp green chilli paste; 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp sugar; 1/4 cup mustard oil; 2 bay leaves; 2 green cardamom; 3 cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 150 gm curd

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

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Ingredient used: Katla fish

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#ga24
Ingredient used: Katla fish

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Ingredients

40 minutes

3 people

For marinating the fish:
3katla fish pieces
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 tspturmeric
For the gravy:
2onions sliced
1 1/2onion made into paste
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgreen chilli paste
1 1/2 tspred chilli powder
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspcumin powder
1 tspsalt
1/2 tspsugar
1/4 cupmustard oil
2bay leaves
2green cardamom
3cloves
1cinnamon stick
150 gmcurd

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Steps

40 minutes

1

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

Heat mustard oil in a pan.
3

Once hot add the marinated katla fish pieces and fry till golden.
4

Now in the same oil add the sugar. Once it starts caramelizing add the bay leaves and the roughly crushed garam masala.
5

Now add the sliced onions and fry.
6

Keep frying till oil separates from the pan.
7

Once the sliced onions starts to change colour add the onion paste.
8

Fry till oil separates from the pan.
9

Now add the ginger paste and the green chilli paste.
10

Now make a mixture with red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder with 2 tbsp of water and add it to the kadai.
11

Now whisk the curd, add it and cook till oil separates.
12

Now add salt and little water and bring to a boil.
13

Once it comes to a boil, add the fried katla fish pieces and simmer for 10 minutes.
14

After 20 minutes remove from the stove and serve hot with steamed white rice.