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Mach ambula besara or Fish curry with dried mango and mustard is a very delicious tangy and a sumptuous accompaniment for steamed rice.

This is very famous recipe of Odisha, India.

I first learn this recipe from my Grandmother( My mom's mom) who used to cook this fish curry with left over fried fish pieces from the day before.

You can cook Macha besar (mustard fish curry) using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Macha besar (mustard fish curry)

1. You need 500 gm of small fish.

2. You need 1 tsp of chilli powder.

3. You need 1 tsp of salt.

4. It’s 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

5. It’s of Ingredients for mustard gravy:.

6. Prepare 3 tbsp of mustard seeds –.

7. You need 1 tbsp of cumin seeds.

8. It’s 8 cloves of garlic.

9. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric powder.

10. Prepare 2 tsp of salt.

11. You need 2-3 of sun dried raw mangoes ambula(soak in 1 cup water for minimum 10 mins).

12. It’s 2 of dry chilli.

13. It’s 6-7 of curry leaves.

14. It’s 5 tbsp of oil.

As a child i used worry that why she is cooking these left over. ମାଛ ବେସର /Macha Besara /Mustard Fish Curry is a authentic Odia style Fish Curry Recipe.

In Which Rohu Fish Cooked with Mustard Paste n Very own n household.

Since I donot like raw fish , i had shallow fried, but if you like you can use raw fish for cooking.

In the same pan, add nigella seeds, when the seeds starts to crackle, add curry leaves.

Macha besar (mustard fish curry) step by step

1. Mix all the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic and one dry chilli in a bowl with one cup water for one hour.

Grind this mixture.

Soak the dried mangoes in half cup water for 15 mins..

1. Put a kadai on medium flame and add the masala paste with 2 cups water and 2 tsp salt. Saute for 15 mins.

Add the soaked dried mangoes to the kadai and saute for 15 mins.

Clean the small fish and marinate with chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder for 30 mins..

1. Place a pan on medium flame. Once hot, add 5 tbsp oil. Add the fish and fry for 2-3 mins on each side.

Fry the fish till the colour changes golden brown on both sides.

Add the fried fish to the mustard gravy and saute carefully for 3 mins on medium flame. Try not to break the fish..

1. Heat a pan and add 2 tbsp oil. Once hot, add 1 tbsp mustard seeds and 1 dry chilli.

When they crackle, add curry leaves, 4 garlic (finely chopped) and saute for 30 secs.

Now add 3 tbsp water and give it a mix. Now add this to the fish curry.

Mustard fish curry is ready to be served..

Again add some oil in another pan and add that mustard paste.

Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve it.

Serving Instructions In odisha we call this 'Macha Besara', Macha means fish and besara is the mustard gravy.

This fish curry is a variation to bengali fish curry in mustard sauce with some add on spices.

One more thing that is unique to this is traditionally a piece of dry mango called 'ambula' is added to give the sourness.