Description
Macher Dimer Bora is a traditional Bengali dish that is made with fish eggs and a variety of spices. It is a type of deep-fried fritter that is enjoyed by many.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200g Fish Roe ( I've used Roe of Rohu Fish/ Rui Mach)
- 2 Onion
- 3-4 Green Chillies
- 1 Tbsp. Garlic Paste
- 4 Tbsp. Besan/ Bengal Gram Flour
- 1 Tsp. Posto / Poppy Seed/ Khuskhus
- 50ml Mustard Oil for deep frying
- 1 Tsp. Turmeric Powder
- ½ Tsp. Red Chili Powder
- Kalojire/ Kalonji/ Nigella Seed: 1 Tsp.
- 11 Tsp. Salt or to taste
Instructions
- Wash and peel the skin of the onion.
- Roughly chop onion.
- Cut green chilies into small pieces after removing the stem.
- Now add chopped onion ad green chilies to the fish roe.
- Add Besan, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder, Nigella seed aka Kalojire, and also Posto aka Poppy Seed.
- Now add Garlic Paste and use your fingers to make a thick batter.
- Add some more Besan if the batter is runny. The batter should be this thick.
- Heat a pan and take sufficient mustard oil for frying.
- The oil should change color once properly heated.
- Now drop around 1 Tbsp. equivalent batter.
- Depending on the diameter of the pan you can fry 4-5 fritters in one go.
- Keep the flame on the lower side while frying the Maacher Dimer Bawora.
- Flip the fritters once fried from one side.
- Keeping the flame low fry, the fritters till they turn golden brown in color.
- The fritters are to be fried on low heat so that they are cooked from the inside as well.
- Strain from the pan once fried properly.
- Following the same process fry the remaining fish roe fritters in small batches.
- You can adjust the spices based on your preference.
- This fritter goes amazingly with a cup of hot tea or coffee.
- Serve it hot with Kashundi!
Notes
Try to use fresh roe from freshly cut fish.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Snack
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Bengali
