Easiest Way to Diet Yummy Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori)

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Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori). If the paste is burning or sticking to the base of the pan, add a splash of water. Macher Jhol is one of the most popular dishes and is an important part of Bengali cuisine. One cannot afford to miss this lip-smacking fish recipe if you are an enthusiast of the Bengali cuisine.

Just potato, eggplant and few mild spices is all it needs to prepare this Macher Jhol Aloo Begun Diye.

Macher Jhol translates to fish curry, aloo means potato and Begun is eggplant.

This simple light variety of Bengali fish curry is one of my absolute favorite.

You can have Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori) using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori)

1. It’s 2 pieces of fish (Rohu / Kaatla).

2. It’s 1 of potato.

3. Prepare 1/2 of ridge gourd or any vegetable (broad beans / cluster beans).

4. It’s as required of coriander leaves.

5. You need 1/2 teaspoon of kalonji (kalo jeera).

6. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.

7. You need 1 teaspoon of coriander powder.

8. You need 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric.

9. It’s As per taste of Salt.

10. You need 2 tablespoons of cooking oil (preferably mustard oil).

11. It’s Few pieces of Bori / Vadiyam.

12. Prepare 1 of green chilli.

Cut vegetables as mentioned or any way you want, it really doesnot matter.

Fry fish pieces on medium heat until brown from both sides.

Macher jhol is literally 'fish curry' in Bangla, and a traditional Bengali go-to fish stew that often includes vegetables and is seasoned with turmeric and easily-found ground spices.

The stew is light and flavourful and is usually made with freshwater fish such as hilsa, rohu or catla.

Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori) step by step

1. Heat oil and fry fish (just lightly)..

2. Keep the fish aside once fried and fry kalonji for a little while..

3. Add green chillies and saute for a while..

4. Add all the dry ingredients (masala) and fry for a while..

5. Add little water just to create a paste of the masala..

6. Add the veggies and little water. Saute for 5 mins..

7. Add the fish and let it absorb the flavour of the masala (roughly 2 to 3 mins)..

8. Add water to help the veggies and fish cook enough for roughly 5 to 7 mins..

9. Add fresh coriander leaves and let it boil for 2 mins in the gravy..

10. Deep fry the Bori / Vadiyam in a different tawa and then add them to the fish curry. Give it a quick boil so that the crispies soak in a little gravy. Do not over boil as otherwise it will soak up the gravy too much and will become soggy..

11. Plate in a bowl, add some more fresh coriander and serve it with hot plain rice..

Unlike other fish-eating regions in India where marinated fish is directly put in curry to be cooked.

This is famous bengali fish recipie.

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Add Fried Bori and cook for a minute.

Sprinkle ½ Tsp. of Mustard oil over the Begun, Aloo Bori diye Ilish Macher Jhol and switch the flame off.