Hi Friends,
Today I am sharing a popular sea fish recipe and one of my favorite dishes – Pomfret Fish Dry Gravy/ Pomfret Macher Jhal. Pomfret Fish is very popular all across India and internationally as well and there are plenty of dishes people made with Pomfret Fish. But today I will make this in my very own Bengali style in a very easy way. I hope you will like it. Let’s quickly see the ingredients and then the instructions to make Pomfret Fish Dry Gravy.
Cooking Time: 30 minutes Serve : 4
Ingredients:
- Pomfret Fish – 4 pcs
- Tomato – 1 (Finely chopped)
- Cumin Seeds (Or Kalonji) – 1/2 tsp
- Onion – 1 (Finely chopped)
- Chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp
- Chopped Ginger – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Chilly Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Green Chilly – 4 (chopped)
- Slit Green chilly – 4
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 5 tbsp
- Chopped Coriander leaves (optional)
Instructions:
Clean and was the fish pieces properly and marinate with a pinch of salt and a pinch of turmeric powder.Keep aside until use.
Heat oil in a frying pan. When hot reduce the heat and fry the fish pieces till brown on both sides.Take out the fried fish from bowl and keep aside.
Add cumin seeds in the remaining oil. When cumin seeds turns brown (If Kalonji,fry for 30 secs), add chopped onion,ginger,garlic and the chopped green chilly.Fry for 2 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes to it and saute for 1 minute. Add chilly,cumin and turmeric powder with 1/2 cup of water to it. Saute till the oil separates. Add 1 to 1/2 cup of water and salt. Let it bring to boil.
To this mixture add the fried fish pieces and slit green chilly. Keep cooking till the water evaporates. Remove the pan from the heat and add chopped coriander leaves. Cover the pan and give few minutes standing time before serving.
Pomfret Fish Dry Gravy is ready to server. Enjoy the curry with Basmati Rice, Pulao, Fried Rice, Jeera rice etc.
- Pomfret Fish – 4 pcs
- Tomato – 1 (Finely chopped)
- Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Onion – 1 (Finely chopped)
- Chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp
- Chopped Ginger – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Chilly Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Green Chilly – 4 (chopped)
- Slit Green chilly – 4
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 5 tbsp
- Chopped Coriander leaves (optional)
- Clean and was the fish pieces properly and marinate with a pinch of salt and a pinch of turmeric powder.Keep aside until use.
- Heat oil in a frying pan. When hot reduce the heat and fry the fish pieces till brown on both sides.Take out the fried fish from bowl and keep aside.
- Add cumin seeds in the remaining oil. When cumin seeds turns brown add chopped onion,ginger,garlic and the chopped green chilly.Fry for 2 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes to it and saute for 1 minute. Add chilly,cumin and turmeric powder with 1/2 cup of water to it. Saute till the oil separates. Add 1 to 1/2 cup of water and salt. Let it bring to boil.
- To this mixture add the fried fish pieces and slit green chilly. Keep cooking till the water evaporates. Remove the pan from the heat and add chopped coriander leaves. Cover the pan and give few minutes standing time before serving.
- Pomfret Fish Dry Gravy is ready to server. Enjoy the curry with Basmati Rice, Pulao, Fried Rice, Jeera rice etc.
