Chitol Maacher Muitha (Chitol fish dumplings)

Name: Chitol Maacher Muitha (Chitol fish dumplings)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gms chitol fish; 3 onions; 1 1/2 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 3 tbsp scraped coconut; 1 potato boiled and mashed; 2 chopped green chillies; 2 tbsp flour; 1/2 tsp haldi; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 cup mustard oil approx; 1 tbsp tomato puree; 1 tsp garam masala; to taste Salt and sugar; Coriander leaves for garnishing; 1 cup water approx

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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This is a traditional Bengali delicacy of Chitol fish in which the gada or fleshy portion of the fish is scraped and made into dumplings adding coconut and onion and served either fried or dipped in a gravy.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

300 gmschitol fish
3onions
1 1/2 tbspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
3 tbspscraped coconut
1potato boiled and mashed
2chopped green chillies
2 tbspflour
1/2 tsphaldi
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/2 cupmustard oil approx
1 tbsptomato puree
1 tspgaram masala
to tasteSalt and sugar
Coriander leaves for garnishing
1 cupwater approx

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Steps

1

Scrape the gada portion of the fish raw from it's thick skin.Check and discard bones if any.
2

Scrape coconut.Add some to the fish.Add mashed boiled potato to the fish.Add 1 finely chopped onion,ginger paste and chopped green chillies to the fish.Add salt and sugar to taste.Mix all and add 2 tbsp flour.Make into dumplings and fry in fuming hot oil.
3

For the curry, fry 2 medium sized chopped onions in 2 tbsp oil till soft and brown.Add ginger garlic paste, tomato puree, scraped coconut, haldi and red chilli powder, salt and sugar to taste.Fry well and add 1 cup water and bring to boil.Dip the dumplings in the curry and boil for few minutes.Sprinkle garam masala powder and garnish with coriander leaves.