Recipe: At Home Pabdar Tel Jhal(Pabda Fish Curry)

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Pabdar Tel Jhal(Pabda Fish Curry). Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal or Pabda Macher Jhol is a staple Bengali Fish Curry. Pabda is a delicate fish with extremely flavourful flesh. Hence Pabda Macher Kalo Jeerer Jhol is cooked light with minimal usage of spices.

Like in many Bengali recipes, the Pabda fish is deep-fried in mustard oil (sarson ka tel).

This makes the fish crispy and gives it that signature pungent flavour of mustard.

Finally, the dish is garnished with fresh coriander leaves (dhaniya).

You can cook Pabdar Tel Jhal(Pabda Fish Curry) using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pabdar Tel Jhal(Pabda Fish Curry)

  1. Prepare 3 pcs of Large size Pabda fish.

  2. It’s 1 pcs of -Large size onion finely chopped.

  3. You need 1 tbsp of Ginger-garlic paste.

  4. You need 1 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder.

  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Green chilli paste.

  6. You need 1 tsp of Cumin powder.

  7. You need 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.

  8. It’s 1 tbsp of Tomato sauce.

  9. You need 1/4 tsp of Black cumin seeds.

  10. Prepare 1 of Large size Tomato finely chopped.

  11. Prepare 3 tbsp of Mustard oil.

  12. It’s 1 tbsp of Chopped coriander leaves.

  13. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.

Voila, your Pabda Tel Jhal is ready!

Serve it with piping hot rice.

You are a clear winner if you could manage some Gobindobhog Rice at this point!

Pro tip for cooking Pabda Macher Tel Jhal: You may also use Small Tyangra (Tengra) fish instead of Pabda for this recipe.

Pabdar Tel Jhal(Pabda Fish Curry) step by step

  1. Marinate the fish with salt and turmeric powder for 10 minutes. Heat 2 tblsp mustard oil in a pan and fry the fish lightly. Now add 1 tblsp more oil in the same pan and add black cumin seeds, after few seconds then add chopped onions. Fry until slightly golden brown..

  2. Then add ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste, red chilli powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder. Mix it very well and add chopped tomatoes. Fry all the masala very well. Next add salt as per taste and add 2 tblsp water. Fry all masala until oil separated..

  3. Now add 1 tblsp tomato sauce and mix it well. After few minutes than add 1/2 tsp garam masala powder.Then add fried fishes..

  4. Now add 1cup water. Cook for 5-10 minutes and add some coriander leaves, turn off the gas. Pabda jhal is ready to serve..

Pabdar Tel Jhal: Ingredients: Pabda fish salt & turmeric powder onion paste ginger garlic paste curd green chillies black cumin seeds red chilly powder cumin powder garam masala powder Check out. parshe macher jhal is a bengali everyday fish curry with parshe mach, shorshe bata and shorsher tel, meaning mullet fish, mustard paste and mustard oil.

No Recipes * Catchy Curry * Goan Recipes Curry Recipes Seafood Recipes Chicken Recipes Bangladeshi Food Bengali Food Chingri Recipe Bengali Fish Curry Indian Fish Recipes This recipe is not specifically for pabda fish, you can use various kinds of sweet water fishes with it.

This is the staple curry which Bengalis make with Pabda, Rohu, Katla, Telapia,Kajri, etc… The curry is not too rich and brings out the flavor of the fish and imparts a fine taste of mustard to it.

Pabda is undoubtedly a big favorite among fish fanatics of Bengal, one for the immensely delicious taste and two for the simple single central bone which saves the unsavory task of kanta bachha or de-boning the fish while eating.

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