Chitol Macher Kaliya
Chitol Macher Kaliya is a rich onion based Bengali fish curry cooked with Chitol Mach aka Knifefish.
Servings 6 People
Calories 334kcal
Cost Rs 400
Ingredients
- 6 pieces Chitol Mach cut in round pieces
- 3 Potato
- 6 tablespoon Onion Paste
- 1 tablespoon Ginger Paste
- 1 tablespoon Garlic Paste
- 3 tablespoon Tomato Paste
- 4 Green Chilli
- 5 tablespoon Mustard Oil
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
Spices
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Bengali Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Salt to taste
Tempering:
- 3 Bay leaf
- 2 Cinnamon Stick
- 6 Green Cardamom
- 10 Clove
- 10 Black Pepper
Instructions
Cleaning fish
- Wash the fish chunks.
- Rub ¼ Tsp. each of salt and turmeric powder along with 3-4 drops of mustard oil to the fish chunks before frying.
- Keep the fishes marinated for 15 minutes before frying.
Spice Mix
- In a bowl mix Cumin Powder, Coriander Powder, ½ Tsp. each of Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, Bengali Garam Masala Powder, Sugar, ¼ Tsp. Turmeric Powder and also salt with 1 Tbsp. Mustard Oil and keep this aside.
Prep Work
- Meanwhile, peel and cut the potatoes into halves.
Cooking Bengali Fish Kalia
- Heat oil in a pan and sprinkle little salt and turmeric powder while heating the oil.
- Now fry the potatoes till those turn golden in color.
- Strain potatoes from the pan once fried.
- Now fry the fishes one by one on low flame from both sides.
- Add sugar and cook till it caramelizes.
- Temper remaining oil with Bay leaf, Cinnamon Stick, Green Cardamom, Clove and also Black Pepper.
- Add Onion paste and cook till the onion changes color.
- Now add ginger paste, garlic paste and also tomato paste and cook till the raw aroma of tomato goes away.
- Add ¼ Tsp. each of Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, Turmeric Powder, and Salt and cook for a while
- At this point add the spice mix and cook till the oil leaves the side of the mixture.
- Add 2 Cups water followed by Green Chilli.
- Bring the mixture to boil.
- Add fried fish chunks and also fried potatoes.
- Cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
- Once done, add Ghee and ½ Tsp. of Bengali Garam Masala Powder and mix lightly.
Serving suggestion
- Serve Chitol Macher Kaliya hot with steamed rice.
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Nutrition
Serving: 200g | Calories: 334kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 21.61g | Fat: 10.49g | Saturated Fat: 2.322g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.453g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5.102g | Trans Fat: 0.111g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 486mg | Potassium: 1221mg | Fiber: 5.2g | Sugar: 5.17g | Vitamin A: 302IU | Vitamin C: 39.8mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 2.73mg
