Tel Koi Recipe
Tel Koi is a traditional Bengali fish curry that is made with "Koi Mach" or Climbing Perch, a fresh-water fish.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 355kcal
Cost: Rs 300
Ingredients
- 8 Koi Mach / Koi Fish
- 1 tablespoon Ginger Paste
- 3 tablespoon Tomato Paste
- 4 Green Chilli
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 4 Dry Red Chili
- ½ teaspoon Kalojire/ Kalonji/ Nigella Seed
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1.5 teaspoon Salt or to taste
- 4 tablespoon Mustard Oil
Instructions
- Tel Koi is prepared with whole Fish. Hence, the use of processed whole Koi Mach is what we need to do!
- Take Ginger Paste, Tomato Paste, Cumin Powder, and 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder, Sugar, and Salt along with 1 teaspoon of Oil and mix those to make a paste.
- Wash Koi Mach and marinate with ¼ teaspoon each of Turmeric powder and Salt, and also a few drops of mustard oil and leave the marinated fish for 30 minutes.
- Now, heat 3 tablespoon Oil in a deep pan and sprinkle a little salt and turmeric powder into the oil.
- Fry the fish from both sides lightly.
- Now strain the fried fish from the oil.
- Now temper the remaining oil with Nigella Seed and Dry red Chilli and keep the flame low.
- Add the spice paste and start cooking on a low flame for around 5 minutes or till the spices start leaving the edge of the pan.
- Add slit Green Chili as well.
- The spice paste will release oil once properly cooked.
- Add 3 cups of water and bring it to a boil.
- Add fried Koi Mach and cook until the gravy thickens to the desired consistency. There should be sufficient gravy.
- Serve Tel Koi hot with steamed rice
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Notes
- I don't add Onion and Garlic in Tel Koi, which is optional.
- A few Cilantro leaves can be added for flavor.
Nutrition
Serving: 150g | Calories: 355kcal | Carbohydrates: 24.4g | Protein: 11.6g | Fat: 24.1g | Saturated Fat: 4.3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 927mg | Fiber: 1.6g | Sugar: 5.4g
