Tangra Macher Alu Ar Begun Diye Jhol / Tangra Fish Curry With Potato And Eggplant

Ingredients :

1. Tangra Mach / Tangra Fish /  Cat  fish  -  8
2. Turmeric powder as required
3. Salt to taste
4. Eggplant - 1 ( Wash and clean the egg plant and cut the top of egg plant . Cut into thin slices )
5. Garlic Paste - 2 table spoon
6. Onion - 2 ( peel the onion and cut into very thin slices )
7. Potato - 1 ( cut into medium slices )
8. Kashmiri Dry red chili Paste -  1 table spoon
9. Cumin Powder - 1 table spoon
10. Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
11. Ginger Paste - 1 table spoon
12. Ripe Tomatoes - 1 ( Cut into very finely chopped )
13. Fresh  chopped  Coriander - 2 table spoon
14. Bay leaf - 2
15. Whole cumin seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
16. Mustard oil as required
 

Methods :

1. Wash and clean fish under running water . Marinate fish with sprinkle  salt  and 1 tea spoon of turmeric powder all over fish   in a bowl  .  Mix . Rub all over fish . Cover and marination for about 30 minutes .

2. Take a wok . Heat oil in a wok . When oil start completely hot and smoke . Now add one after one fish into a hot oil . Fry till golden brown  on both sides . Remove the fish from hot oil . Fry remaining  steaks in the same way do not add oil .

3. In the remaining oil , now add bay leaf and add whole cumin seeds . Stir till few seconds .

4. Now  add eggplant , finely chopped tomatoes  and  potatoes pieces and   sprinkle salt all over the vegetables . Saute and fry till few minutes on medium flame .

5. Once vegetables are tender and soft . Next add turmeric powder and saute till few minutes .

6. Now add  2 table spoon of garlic paste and 1 table spoon of ginger paste . Saute till few  seconds .

7. Next  Also add  1 table spoon of kashmiri dry red chili paste , 1 table spoon of cumin powder , 1 table spoon of coriander powder ,  2 table spoon of fresh coriander , and 1/2 ( half tea spoon ) of garam masala powder and mix well . Fry  till oil separates from masala , about  2 minutes .

8. Now add fried fish  one  after  one and  pour  1 cup of water . Mix well .  Cook for  10 minutes . Cover and close lid on high flame .

9. Switch off the flame and keep the fish curry on stand by for 10 minutes , Cover .

10. After 10 minutes , transfer fish curry in a serving bowl .

11. Serve hot with rice .