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Pabda Macher Tel Jhal or Pabda Fish Curry

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A traditional fish curry prepared with Catfish or Pabda Maach known as Pabda Mach-er Tel Jhal

Ingredients

Scale
  • 6 Pabda Mach/ Catfish
  • 4 Tbsp. Onion Paste
  • 2 Tsp. Black Mustard Seed for paste (it should be soaked in lukewarm water before making the paste)
  • 3 Tbsp. Tomato paste
  • 1 Tbsp. Garlic Paste
  • 1 Tbsp. Ginger Paste
  • 6 Green Chilies
  • 3 Tbsp. Hung Curd
  • 1 Tsp. Nigella Seed/ Kalojire / Kalonji
  • 1 Tsp. Salt or to taste
  • 1 Tsp. Turmeric powder
  • 1 Tsp. Red Chili Powder
  • 1 Tsp. Sugar
  • 4 Tbsp. Mustard Oil

Instructions

  1. Prepare a paste of mustard either in a grinder or with the help of “Silnora/ Shilbatta” by adding 2 Green chilies and 1 Tsp. of salt and keep it aside.
  2. Cut fishes into halves if they are large in size or use whole fishes if small in size and clean properly.
  3. Rub fish pieces with 1/2 Tsp. salt and ½ Tsp. turmeric powder and 1/2 Tsp. Red Chilli Powder along with 1/2 Tbsp. Mustard Oil and keep them aside for 10 minutes.
  4. Heat oil in a pan and fry pieces of fish.
  5. Heat 5 Tbsp. of Mustered oil in a deep pan (preferably Karai) till the oil changes color.
  6. Sprincle 1/2 Tsp. each of Turmeric Powder, Salt, and also red chili Powder.
  7. Add Nigella Seed/ Kalojire /Kalonji to the oil to temper and also add onion paste and fry till the onion changes color.
  8. Now add Onion paste and cook till it changes color.
  9. Add tomato paste and also ginger and garlic paste and cook on medium flame till oil comes from the mixture.
  10. Now add mustard paste, curd turmeric powder, slit green chilies, red chili powder.
  11. Cook on medium flame for 2 minutes.
  12. Now add water and bring it to a boil.
  13. At this point, add fried Fish pieces slowly to the mixture and cook it on a low flame for at least 5 minutes (Pan should be covered with a lid in this stage).
  14. Pabda Macher Tel Jhal is ready to serve with steamed rice.

Notes

I've used whole fishes, however, cut into halves if the fishes are of large size

Nutrition

Keywords: Pabda Macher Tel jhal, Pabda mach recipe, bengali pabda fish curry recipe, debjanir rannaghar

Find it online: https://kitchenofdebjani.com/2012/03/pabda-macher-tel-jhal/

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