Assamese Masor Tenga Recipe / Assamese Sour Fish Curry / Assamese Style Sour Fish Curry Recipe / Masor Tenga Recipe

Preparation Time -   10 minutes 
Total Preparation Time - 40  minutes  
Cooking Time -   30    minutes 
Course -  Non - Veg   
Cuisine  - Assamese  
Serve -   4 
Author - Paramita's Kitchen
   
Ingredients :

1. Rohu Fish - 6 steaks
2. Salt to  taste
3. Bay leaf
4. Ripe tomatoes - 2 ( cut into very finely chopped )
5. Turmeric powder as required
6. Kashmiri dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
7. Panch phoron - 1 small tea spoon
8. lemon juice - 2 table spoon

Methods :

1. Wash and clean the fish with water . Keep a side .

2. Marinate the fish  with salt and turmeric powder .

3. Heat  oil  in a pan . Once oil is hot .

4. When the oil is smokey , now add one by one fish steaks . Fry till golden in color . Remove the fish from pan . Keep a side .

5. Now add panch phoron into the hot oil and fry till few seconds .

6. Next add finely chopped tomatoes into the hot oil . Saute till few minutes on medium flame . Once tomatoes are mushy  and soft .

7. Now also add  remaining salt , turmeric powder , kashmiri dry red chili powder and mix well .

8. Once the oil starts leaving the sides of  pan . Now pour  water into the pan and mix well .

9. Once water bring to a boil , now drops  fried fish one after one  and mix well . Cook  for about 15 minutes on medium flame .  Cover and close the lid .

10.  Once gravy is thicken consistency .

11. Now add lemon juice and mix well .

12. Switch off the flame .

13. Pour the fish curry into a serving bowl .

14. Serve hot with steamed rice .

Happy Cooking ,

With Love  ,

Paramita's Kitchen .