Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry)
Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pomfret macher jhal (bengali fish curry). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Here is another Authentic Bengali Macher Recipe Pomfret Fish Curry. Pomfret Curry is a very popular Fish Recipe in Bengali Cuisine. Here is another delicious Pomfret Fish Recipe Pomfret Macher Shorshe Jhal.

Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook pomfret macher jhal (bengali fish curry) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry):
  1. Take 1 pomfret fish, cut into three pieces
  2. Take 3 tbsp. mustard oil
  3. Prepare 1/2 tsp. nigella seeds
  4. Make ready 2 green chilies, slit
  5. Make ready 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
  6. Take 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
  7. Get to taste salt
  8. Prepare 1 tsp. coriander leaves, chopped

Unlike in other parts of India, Bengali recipes call for the frying of the main ingredient in mustard oil before it is added to the gravy or curry. Our visit to the local Asian store Uwajimaya was pretty fruitful or rather fishful. This is how I cooked them as traditional bengali fish curry. Macher Jhol refers to fish curry in Bengali and there are countless ways fish curries can be prepared.

Instructions to make Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Fish Curry):
  1. Marinate the fish with a pinch of turmeric powder and red chilli powder for 10 minutes.
  2. Mix the remaining turmeric powder and red chilli powder water and keep aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan & fry the fish on both sides till light brown in colour. Drain and keep aside.
  4. Temper the same oil with nigella seeds and green chilies.
  5. Add the paste and salt to taste. Bring it to a boil & gently drop in the fried fish. Cover and simmer on a low flame till the gravy reduces and the oil separates.
  6. When done, drizzle the remaining mustard oil and switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  7. Serve with plain steamed rice.

But you can prepare the exact same. Macher Jhol means Fish (macher) in curry/gravy (jhol). It has few ingredients and they play a crucial role. The strong flavor of mustard and the hotness of The Bengali Mustard Fish calls for frying the fish steaks in mustard oil before adding to the curry. You can pan-fry like I did or deep fry the steaks.

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