Aam Aar(Aiyer)

Name: Aam Aar(Aiyer)
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 grams aar(aiyer)fish cut into pieces of 100 gram each; 2 teaspoons green chilli paste; 2 slit green chillies; 2 medium sized raw mango; 1/2 cup mustard oil; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 teaspoons cumin powder; 2 teaspoons garlic paste; 1 teaspoon ginger paste; 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; 2 teaspoons chopped coriander leaves; 3/4 cup water; to taste Salt

Manami Sadhukhan Chowdhury @cook_12370899

Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal

#MangoMango
Aam Aar(Aiyer) is a traditional Bengali fish recipe.This is a very easy recipe that's sweet,sour and little bit spicy in taste.What you have to do is cook the fried pieces of aar(aiyer)fish in thick raw mango gravy,spiced with fresh green chillies ,ginger-garlic paste and cumin powder,finished of with some sugar and chopped coriander leaves.A full plate of steaming hot rice is all what you need with this.Bliss!

Manami Sadhukhan Chowdhury @cook_12370899

Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal

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Ingredients

25 minutes

4 servings

400 gramsaar(aiyer)fish cut into pieces of 100 gram each
2 teaspoonsgreen chilli paste
2slit green chillies
2medium sized raw mango
1/2 cupmustard oil
2 teaspoonssugar
2 teaspoonscumin powder
2 teaspoonsgarlic paste
1 teaspoonginger paste
1 teaspoonturmeric powder
2 teaspoonschopped coriander leaves
3/4 cupwater
to tasteSalt

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Peel the skin and roughly chopped the green mangoes into small pieces.Make a fine paste of it and keep aside.
2

Marinate the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder.Keep it for 5 minutes.
3

Heat mustard oil in a kadhai,fry the fish pieces in a low flame.
4

When done keep them in a vessel and set aside.
5

Add turmeric powder,ginger and garlic paste in the same oil and stir well.Cook for 2 minutes.
6

Now add green chilli paste and raw mango paste in it.Mix well.
7

Now add cumin powder in it and cook for 5 minutes or till the masala starts leaving oil.
8

Add slit green chilli,sugar,salt and 3/4 cup water in it.Bring it to a boil.
9

Now add the fried fish pieces into the gravy and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
10

When the gravy became thick sprinkle chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
11

Garnish with slitted green chillies and more coriander leaves.
12

Aam Aar (Aiyer)is ready to serve.