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

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pomfret macher jhal (bengali fish curry). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a 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.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pomfret macher jhal (bengali fish curry) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

Macher Jhol refers to fish curry in Bengali and there are countless different ways fish curry can be prepared. What I am sharing today is the simplest version of a Bengali fish curry using salmon. This way even if you can't find the authentic lake water fish, you will still get to enjoy Bengali style Macher. Machcher jhaal is a typical Bengali fish curry.

Steps 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.

The machcher jhal recipe is really easy to prepare. Try this spicy Bengali fish curry recipe at home. Whenever there is a discussion about Bengali fish recipes, people quote the 'machcher jhol'. It is simple and light fish curry very popular in the Bengali. Macher Jhol means Fish (macher) in curry/gravy (jhol).

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