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Machcher Jhol

machcher jhol

Ingredients

  • - 500 gm: Fish (of your choice), cut into 2 ½ cm/1" thick slices, diagonally
  • - 1 tsp: Turmeric
  • - ½ tsp: Salt or to taste

Grind Together

  • - 1 ½ cup: Onion, roughly chopped
  • - 1 tsp: Garlic, chopped
  • - 2 tsp: Ginger, chopped
  • - 2-3: Dried red pepper
  • - ½ tsp: Turmeric
  • - 1 tsp: Salt or to taste

To Proceed

  • - ½ cup: Mustard oil
  • - 1 tsp: Onion seeds
  • - ¼ tsp: Cinnamon, broken in small pieces
  • - Coriander leaves for garnish
  • - 4 pcs: Cloves
  • - 4 pcs: Green cardamoms
  • - 1-2: Bay leaf
  • - 2-3: Green chillies, slit lengthwise
  • - 3 cup: Water

Method

  • - Wash the fish and apply the ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp turmeric over all the pieces.
  • - Heat the oil in a heavy based saucepan, and fry fish slices in it, first on one side, then the other, over high heat, till a golden colour.
  • - Lift the fish out of the oil, and keep aside.
  • - In the same oil, add the onion seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaf, stir fry 2-3 times, and add the ground paste.
  • - Sauté till fat separates then add the green chillies and stir fry a few times. Add the water and bring to a boil and then simmer for about 15 minutes, uncovered.
  • - Add the fish just before serving, bring to a boil (by which time the fish should be cooked through, otherwise simmer till done).
  • - Serve hot garnished with the coriander leaves.