Bengali Style Aloo Potol Diye Macher Jhol / Bengali Style Fish Curry With Potato And Pointed Gourd

Ingredients :

1. Potato - 1
2. Potol / Pointed Gourd / Parwal - 6
3. Fish  Katla  - 4 ( I have used in this recipe katla fish )
4.Bay leaf - 2
5. Whole cumin seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
6. Garam masala powder - 1/2 tea spoon
7. Turmeric powder  as required
8. Salt to taste
9. Cumin powder - 1 table spoon
10. Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
11. Kashmiri dry red chili powder - 1 tea spoon
12. Ginger paste - 1 table spoon
13. Tomato - 1
14. Oil as required
15. Bay leaf - 2
16. Water as required

Methods :

1. Wash and clean the fish  pieces thoroughly . Clean and wash the fish pieces by the water .
2. Then add fish pieces into the bowl . Sprinkle salt and turmeric powder . Rub the fish pieces  very well . Keep aside for about 30 minutes .
3. Remove the skin from potato . Cut the potato  into the medium size slice pieces   . Wash and clean the potato piece by water .Keep aside .
4. Remove the point gourd skin from the few areas . Remove the both end of the part . Cut into pieces . Wash and clean the point gourd by the water. Keep aside .
5. Wash the tomato . Cut into finely chopped . Keep aside .
6. Take a wok . Add oil into the wok . Heat the oil . When oil is hot and smoke . Then add one by one two pieces fish into the hot oil . Fry till golden color and fry both side . When it's done . Take out the fish pieces from the oil . Keep aside .
7.In the  Same oil , add pointed gourd / potol . Fry till golden color . Reduce heat to very low . Take out them from the wok . Keep aside .
8. Now add potato pieces into the oil . Fry till golden color and fry for both sides . Take out fried  potato pieces from the oil . Keep aside .
9. Now add few oil into the wok . When oil is hot . Then add bay leaf and add whole cumin seeds . Stir for few seconds .
10. Next add finely chopped tomato and salt to taste . Fry till tomatoes become soft .
11. Put turmeric powder . Mix it very well . Fry for few seconds .
12. Now add cumin powder , coriander powder , ginger paste , kashmiri dry red chili powder and mix it very well . Add  few drops of water . Mix well . Fry till  the masala separates oil from the masala .
13. When this process is done . Then add fried fish pieces , fried potato ,  fried pointed gourd and  garam masala powder into the masala . Mix it very well .
14. Add enough water . Mix it very well  . Cover and close the lid . Cook for 15 minutes . Reduce heat to medium flame .
15. After 15 minutes  . open the cover . When fish are tender . Potatoes and pointed gourd are soft and boiled . Then switch off the flame .
16. Pour the fish curry into the bowl .
17. Serve the fish curry with  steam boiled rice .