Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, bengali fish curry (maacher jhol with veggies and bori). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Macher Jhol is one of the most popular dishes and is an important part of Bengali cuisine. One cannot afford to miss this lip-smacking fish recipe if you are an enthusiast of the Bengali cuisine. Prepared using minimal spices, fish, and vegetables like potato and eggplant, Macher Jhol is essentially a spicy fish stew that is enjoyed best with.

Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori) is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have bengali fish curry (maacher jhol with veggies and bori) using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori):

1. Take 2 pieces fish (Rohu / Kaatla)
2. Take 1 potato
3. Get 1/2 ridge gourd or any vegetable (broad beans / cluster beans)
4. Prepare as required coriander leaves
5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon kalonji (kalo jeera)
6. Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin powder
7. Take 1 teaspoon coriander powder
8. Get 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
9. Prepare As per taste Salt
10. Prepare 2 tablespoons cooking oil (preferably mustard oil)
11. Make ready Few pieces Bori / Vadiyam
12. Get 1 green chilli

One of the types of Maacher Jhol, shown in the film, was one with Potol (Pointed Gourd- Parwal). Its something my Mom always made , when Potol was available. Making fish curries with seasonal vegetable is something very common. Cauliflower, eggplant, pointed gourd are a few common vegetables cooked with fish.

Instructions to make Bengali fish curry (Maacher Jhol with veggies and Bori):

1. Heat oil and fry fish (just lightly).
2. Keep the fish aside once fried and fry kalonji for a little while.
3. Add green chillies and saute for a while.
4. Add all the dry ingredients (masala) and fry for a while.
5. Add little water just to create a paste of the masala.
6. Add the veggies and little water. Saute for 5 mins.
7. Add the fish and let it absorb the flavour of the masala (roughly 2 to 3 mins).
8. Add water to help the veggies and fish cook enough for roughly 5 to 7 mins.
9. Add fresh coriander leaves and let it boil for 2 mins in the gravy.
10. Deep fry the Bori / Vadiyam in a different tawa and then add them to the fish curry. Give it a quick boil so that the crispies soak in a little gravy. Do not over boil as otherwise it will soak up the gravy too much and will become soggy.
11. Plate in a bowl, add some more fresh coriander and serve it with hot plain rice.

A very light Bengali fish curry, that doesn't call for onion or tomato. Just potato, eggplant and few mild spices is all it needs to prepare this Macher Jhol Aloo Begun Diye. Macher Jhol translates to fish curry, aloo means potato and Begun is eggplant. This simple light variety of Bengali fish curry is one of my absolute favorite. Add Fried Bori and cook for a minute.

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