How to Prepare Tasty Koi macher jhaal (climbing fish curry)

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How to Prepare Tasty Koi macher jhaal (climbing fish curry) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Koi macher jhaal (climbing fish curry). Koi fish is also known as Climbing Perch, and any recipe you are cooking with this fish, tastes great. Koi Macher Jhal is a very popular recipe of bengal where the fish is cooked in thick and rich onion gravy with fresh coriander leaves. It's a must try recipe for all fish lovers.

Koi Macher Recipe Koi Macher Jhol is a traditional Bengali cuisine which can be cooked with less preparations and the shortest of time.

Koi Macher Jhal (Climbing Perch Fish Curry - Bengali Style) For all the fish lovers out there, Let me share a very popular Bengali style Fish Curry where I have cooked Koi Fish, also called Climbing Perch, in a simple thin mustard gravy.

Here it is koi mach'er jhaal.

You can have Koi macher jhaal (climbing fish curry) using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Koi macher jhaal (climbing fish curry)

  1. It’s 2 of whole fish properly descaled and cleaned1 onion grinded into paste.

  2. It’s 1 of " ginger paste.

  3. Prepare 4-5 cloves of garlic minced.

  4. You need 1 of tomato chopped.

  5. It’s 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.

  6. You need 1 teaspoon of red chilli Powder.

  7. You need 2 of slit green chillies.

  8. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala powder.

  9. Prepare 1 teaspoon of jeera seeds.

  10. You need 1 of bay leaf.

  11. It’s To taste of salt.

  12. Prepare As needed of oil.

A very Bengali Koi Macher Jhol/fish stew with cauliflower, potato and bori cooked in a lightly spiced with ginger-tomato based broth in winter months is every Bengali's favorite to savor with steamed rice.

Yes, Bengali people love macher jhol/thin gravy type fish stew.

Ask the fish seller to de-gill the fish.

Medium fry the fish (if required in batches) and set aside.

Koi macher jhaal (climbing fish curry) step by step

  1. Marinate the fish with salt and turmeric powder.

  2. Heat oil properly and deep fry the fish,keep aside.

  3. Temper jeera seeds and bay leaf in the same pan.

  4. Add onion paste saute till it gets brown.

  5. Add ginger garlic paste saute till raw smell goes away.

  6. Add salt and turmeric powder and mix well.

  7. Now add the red chilli Powder and tomatoes fry the masalas.

  8. As masala starts releasing oil add the fish and simmer for 10 mnts on low heat.

  9. Finally add garam masala powder and slitted green chilli.

  10. Serve it with plain rice.

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ABOUT Begun diye Koi Macher Shorshe Jhol (Bengali Fish Curry) RECIPE.

This is a very popular Mustard fish curry.

Made with 'Koi Maach', also known as 'Climbing Perch Fish' in an onion-ginger-garlic-tomato-mustard gravy.

Traditionally it is cooked in mustard oil for an authentic touch and flavour.