How to Cook At Home Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal

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How to Cook At Home Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal. 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.

In Tel Jhal we do use both onion paste and mustard paste for the gravy.

While cooking you must balance both onion and mustard as both are having a distinct flavor.

The Tel Jhal must not taste like Macher Jhal and also not like Korma or kaliya.

You can have Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal

  1. You need 2 of medium size pabda fish.

  2. Prepare 1/2 tsp of nigella seeds (kalonji).

  3. It’s as per taste of Salt.

  4. You need 1 tsp of turmeric.

  5. Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.

  6. You need 6-8 tsp of mustard oil.

  7. It’s 2 tsp of finely chopped coriander leaves.

  8. It’s 1 tsp of cumin powder.

  9. You need 4 of daler bodi (daal vadi).

  10. You need 1/2 of sugar.

  11. Prepare 1 of grated tomato.

  12. You need as per requirement of Water.

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.

Pabda Macher Tel Jhaal step by step

  1. Wash the fish thoroughly and smear on them a generous amount of salt and turmeric powder. Keep aside for 10 minutes. Heat a kadhai and add the mustard oil fry the daler bodi and keep aside..

  2. Once the oil is smoking hot, carefully place the fish and fry just 3 - 4 minutes one each side.Remove the fishes from the pan with a slotted spoon..

  3. Add nigella seed (kalonji) and let the seeds splutter..

  4. Add grated tomato, salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and Add water as per requirement..

  5. Cook for 8 - 10 minutes. Carefully dip the fish in the gravy..

  6. Add the fried daler bodi, sugar and chopped coriander leaves. Cook for 5 minutes, and switch off the heat..

  7. Ready to serve with steamed rice..

No Onion No Garlic is used in this unique curry.

See written recipe with Notes, Serving suggestions and.

Pabda Macher Tel Jhal or Pabda Fish Curry.

Pabda is a freshwater fish with bone and quite easily available in the market nearby at our Gurgaon residence.

It was quite surprising to see Pabda available in Gurgaon.