Description
Maach Makha aka Macher Bhorta aka Mach Sana is a light fish salad prepared with freshwater carp and a few basic ingredients. The recipe is super easy and this salad is comforting yet loaded with Bengali flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 Belly Pieces of Rui mach or Katla Mach (freshwater carp)
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato
- 3 Green Chilies
- 1/2 bunch Cilantro
- 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Tsp. Tamarind pulp
- 1/4 Tsp. rocksalt
- 1 Tsp. Salt
- 1/2 Tsp. Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 Tsp. Radhuni (optional)
- 3 Tbsp. Mustard Oil (extra for deep frying)
Instructions
- Take the fish chunks and marinate those with 1/2 Tsp. each of salt and turmeric powder.
- Heat Mustard oil in a pan.
- Heat it till the oil changes color.
- Now place 1-2 fishes and fry those on medium flame and then turn to the other side.
- Fry the other side as well.
- Once properly fried, strain the fish from the oil.
- Similarly fry remaining fishes.
- Cool the fishes.
- Meanwhile, roughly chop the onion and also tomato.
- Chop green chilies and also cilantro.
- Now take the fired fishes in a bowl.
- Debone the fishes.
- Crumble those using your finger.
- Now add chopped onion, tomato, green chilies, cilantro to the fish.
- Add lemon juice 1/4 Tsp. each of salt and also rock salt.
- Add tamarind pulp also.
- Finally add 1 Tbsp. Mustard oil and mix everything lightly.
- Now dry roast Radhuni and crush it.
- Mix 1/2 portion of the crushed radhuni with the mach makha. This step is optional.
- The makkha is ready.
Notes
- Instead of fish with bone you can use boneless fish chunks as well.
- You can add other ingredients such as cucumber, pickle, carrot to the salad.
- You can completely skip Radhuni. However, it gives an amazing flavor to the fish salad.
- Instead of Mustard oil, you can use olive oil; however, the pungency of mustard oil enhances the flavor.
- Prep Time: 5min
- Cook Time: 15min
- Category: Salad
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Bengali
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 150g
- Calories: 221
- Sugar: 1.6g
- Sodium: 955mg
- Fat: 11.6g
- Saturated Fat: 1.8g
- Carbohydrates: 3.3g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Protein: 24.9g
- Cholesterol: 43mg
