Hi Friends,
Today I am sharing with you a delicious fish curry recipe made with Dry Bombay Duck (Loitta Shutki Mach).It is a typical Bengali recipe and very popular in Bengal and Bangladesh. It is a spicy dish and very tasty to eat.The process of making the dish is very simple.
Cooking time – 45 minutes. Serve – 4
Ingredients –
1.Dry Bombay Duck – 150 grams.
2.Potato (large) – 1 (cut into stripes)
3.Tomato (large) – 1 (chopped)
4.Onion – 100 grams (sliced)
5.Onion – 100 grams (chopped)
6.Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp.
7.Garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
8.Turmeric powder – (1/2+1/2) tsp.
9.Red Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp.
10.Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp.
11.Salt to taste.
12.Sugar – a pinch.
13.Oil – 1/2 cup.
14.Cumin seeds – 1 tsp.
15.Bay leaves – 2.
16.Slit green chilly – 6.
Instructions –
1.Take each fish,discard head and tail and cut into pieces.By adding 1 tsp. of salt and 1/2 tsp.of turmeric powder boil the fish pieces in water for 5 minutes.Remove pan from the heat,keep the fish in boiling water for 10 minutes. Transfer the fish to a colander and wash very well under running water. Keep aside. Grind chopped onion and tomato to a paste. To this add ginger,garlic,chilly, cumin,1/2 tsp.of turmeric and 1/2 cup of water. Mix well. Keep the masala mix aside.
2.Heat oil in a frying pan,fry the potato stripes for 2 minutes.Take out the fried stripes from the oil and keep aside.In the remaining oil add cumin seeds and bay leaves. When the cumin seeds look brown add sliced onion and fish pieces.Stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes.Add the masala mix and sugar and saute till oil separates.Add 11/2 to 2 cups of water,let it bring to boil.Add the fried potato stripes,salt and slit green chilly. Keep cooking till all the water evaporates.
Remove pan from the heat,cover and give 10 minutes standing time. Delicious Dry Bombay Duck Curry is ready,serve with plain hot Rice.
- 1.Dry Bombay Duck – 150 grams.
- 2.Potato (large) – 1 (cut into stripes)
- 3.Tomato (large) – 1 (chopped)
- 4.Onion – 100 grams (sliced)
- 5.Onion – 100 grams (chopped)
- 6.Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp.
- 7.Garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
- 8.Turmeric powder – (1/2+1/2) tsp.
- 9.Red Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp.
- 10.Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp.
- 11.Salt to taste.
- 12.Sugar – a pinch.
- 13.Oil – 1/2 cup.
- 14.Cumin seeds – 1 tsp.
- 15.Bay leaves – 2.
- 16.Slit green chilly – 6.
- Take each fish,discard head and tail and cut into pieces.By adding 1 tsp. of salt and 1/2 tsp.of turmeric powder boil the fish pieces in water for 5 minutes.Remove pan from the heat,keep the fish in boiling water for 10 minutes. Transfer the fish to a colander and wash very well under running water. Keep aside. Grind chopped onion and tomato to a paste. To this add ginger,garlic,chilly, cumin,1/2 tsp.of turmeric and 1/2 cup of water. Mix well. Keep the masala mix aside.
- Heat oil in a frying pan,fry the potato stripes for 2 minutes.Take out the fried stripes from the oil and keep aside.In the remaining oil add cumin seeds and bay leaves. When the cumin seeds look brown add sliced onion and fish pieces.Stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes.Add the masala mix and sugar and saute till oil separates.Add 11/2 to 2 cups of water,let it bring to boil.Add the fried potato stripes,salt and slit green chilly. Keep cooking till all the water evaporates.
- Remove pan from the heat,cover and give 10 minutes standing time. Delicious Dry Bombay Duck Curry is ready,serve with plain hot Rice.
