Macher Jhol Recipe
Ingredients
Potatoes (2medium), mustard oil (3tbsp), fish (1small sized), coriander seeds (1 1/2tbsp), green chilies (5), onion seeds or kalongi (1/4tsp), cumin seeds (1tsp), salt (to taste), turmeric powder (2tsp).
Method of preparation:-
Take rahu fish, clean it, remove its head and then cut it into thick slices of about ½ inch. Use kitchen towel to pat dry it and then rub turmeric powder and salt in it. Take potatoes, wash them, peel them and then cut them into finger sized pieces of about ½ inch thick. Take green chilies, wash them, remove the stem and then slit them. Dry roast the cumin seeds and coriander seeds and keep them to cool. Add a little water in roasted seeds and then make fine paste of it. Take a pot, heat 2 tablespoon of mustard oil in it to smoking point. Take off the pan from heat and keep the oil to cool and then again heat the oil over medium heat. Fry the fish pieces in hot oil for about 1 minute on each side. Drain it and then keep it aside. Now fry the potato pieces for about 2 to 3 minutes. Heat the left over oil in the same pan, fry kalongi and green chilies in it. Fry the coriander-cumin paste for 1 minute over low heat. Now add sauted potatoes, two cups of water and salt in it and then keep it to simmer for about 4 to 5 minutes until the potatoes get cooked. Slowly add the fried fish pieces in it and then simmer it for about 2 to 3 minutes until the fish gets cooked. When the dish gets ready then serve it hot with rice.
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