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Indian Recipes : Macher Jhol Recipe

Macher Jhol is a traditional Bengali recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Macher Jhal by following this easy recipe.

Difficulty:

Average

Recipe Type:

Non Veg.

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Ingredients:

• 4 Fish Fillets (medium-sized)
• 1 Red Onion (chopped)
• 2 tbsp Mustard Oil
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin Powder
• 1 Ľ tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 2 tbsp Tomato Puree
• 2 cup Water
• 1 ˝ tsp Salt
• 4 Green Chillis (halved)
• 1 inch Ginger (peeled, chopped)
• 1 ˝ tsp Black Onion Seeds (Kalonji)
• 1 tsp Coriander Powder (Dhania)
• 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander Leaves (chopped)

How to make Macher Jhol:

•	Wash the fish fillets. Make them dry and then coat them with salt and turmeric powder. Set them aside.
•	Now heat the oil in a wide, heavy bottomed non-stick pan. Add black onion seeds to the oil, and fry until you smell a nice aroma.
•	Add the fish fillets, one at a time, frying each side for 5 minutes or until they turn golden brown. Keep them aside.
•	Now add chopped onion and ginger in the same oil, and fry for 10 minutes.
•	Add turmeric, salt, chilli powder, cumin powder and coriander powder to the above. Stir for 5 minutes.
•	Now add tomato puree and water; stir well. Cover the pan and bring the above to boil.
•	Add the fried fish fillets and fresh green chillis to the above, and turn down the flame and cook them for 25 minutes.
•	Macher Jhol is ready to serve. Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves.

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In the recipe, instead of coriander paste, fresh ginger paste alongwith cumin paste should be used to give that authentic Bengali flavour to it.
Submitted by: mallika
posted : 06-Jul-2008 01:28 PM

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