Lau Diye Koi Mach / Koi Fish With Bottle Gourd Curry / Bengali Style Koi Fish Curry With Bottle Gord

Preparation Time - 30 Minutes 
Cooking Time -  45  minutes 
Course - Non - Veg
Cuisine - Bengali 
Serve - 4
Author - Paramita's Kitchen   

Ingredients

1. Koi mach / Koi  Fish  - 6
2. Bottle Gourd - 1
3. Ripe Tomato - 1 ( cut into very finely chop )
4. Salt to taste
5. Turmeric powder as required
6. Kashmiri dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
7. Cumin powder - 1 table spoon
8. Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
9. Mustard oil as required
10. Slit green chili - 4
11. Water as required
12.  kalo jeera /   Nigella seeds   - 1 small tea spoon

Methods :

1. Wash and clean the bottle gourd . Peel the skin of bottle gourd . Cut the top of bottle gourd . Cut into very finely chopped .

2. Wash and clean the fish  under running  water  . Marinate the  fish  with salt and turmeric powder all over the fish . Rub the fish and marination  for about 30 minutes .

3. Pour oil into a pan  and  heat the oil . Once oil is hot . Now add  one after one fish  into hot oil  and fry on both sides  till light golden   . Take out  the fish from pan . Fry  remaining steaks in the same way except do not add oil .

4. In    the  same oil  and temper with  1 small  tea  spoon  of   kalo jeera /   Nigella seeds    and slit green chilies . Stir well . Once  spices  starts  to    splutter .

5. Next  add  finely chopped  bottle gourd  and finely chopped  ripe tomatoes . Mix well . Sprinkle salt all over the bottle gourd . Cook till 10 - 15 minutes on  high flame . Cover and close the lid .

6.  After 15 minutes , open the cover of pan . Once bottle gourd  pieces  are soft and half tender .

7. Now  add turmeric powder  and mix well . Saute till  raw smell goes off  .

8. Next add cumin powder , coriander powder , kashmiri  dry chili powder  and mix well . Cook till 2 minutes .

9. Now also add  fried fish pieces and pour 1 cup of water . Mix well . Cover and close the lid of pan . Cook  till 10 - 15 minutes .

10. 15 minutes later and open the cover of pan . Meanwhile  water  is  evaporated   from bottle gourd  and fish . Fish is soft and done . Bottle gourd  is done . Now fish is ready to serve .

11. Pour the fish curry in a serving bowl .

12. You can  also serve  with  hot rice .

 
Happy Cooking ,

With Love  ,

Paramita's Kitchen .