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Category: Fish Fare

Shorshe Maach

Fish cooked with mustard paste and green chilies. You should use big fish like grass carp or rehu fish. It is the most popular dish for Bengalis, and is a delicacy in East India.

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No. Of Servings 4
Time To Prepare 1 hr
Submitted By Priyanka Nag
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Ingredients

- 8 pcs, cleaned Fish
- 3 tbsp Mustard seeds
- 4  Green Chili
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup, for paste Water
- 1/4 tsp Black Cumin Seed
- 1 medium, finely chopped Onion
- 3 pods, crushed Garlic
- 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1 tsp, for frying fish and curry Turmeric powder
- 6 slitted Green Chili
- 1/2 cup, for frying fish and for curry Mustard Oil
-  to taste Salt
- 1/2 cup Water
- 4 tbsp, chopped Cilantro
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Instructions

1. Clean the fish. Cut the fish into pcs, as shown in pictures. Mix 1/2 tsp turmeric and salt.

2. Heat oil in a kadai. Fry till brown. Be carefull while frying as the oil splutters a lot.

3. Grind everything from mustard seeds to 1/2 cup water in a grinder. Use a strainer and strain the juice out discarding the pulp. Cover it and keep aside

4. In the same kadai, add the black cumin seeds. When spluttering stops add onion. Fry till light brown. Add crushed garlic. Fry for a minut

5. Add red chili powder and rest of turmeric powder. Fry in medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the fried fish, and 1/4 cup water. Simmer for few minutes

6. Add the green chilies. Pour the mustard paste all over the fish. Add salt to taste.

7. In medium heat simmer for 10 min. Remove from heat. Garnish with chopped cilantro. Serve with plain rice

 

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