Recipe: Yummy Bengali fish curry (Aloo Begun Bori diye macher jhol)

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Bengali fish curry (Aloo Begun Bori diye macher jhol).

Bengali fish curry (Aloo Begun Bori diye macher jhol) You can have Bengali fish curry (Aloo Begun Bori diye macher jhol) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bengali fish curry (Aloo Begun Bori diye macher jhol)

  1. It's of Potatoes - 2 (mideum pieces).
  2. You need of Brinjal/eggplant - 2 cut into pieces.
  3. It's of Badi/Bodi (lentil dumpling) - as required.
  4. You need 1 tsp of Nigella seeds (Kalo jeera).
  5. It's of Green chillies - 4/5 (add less for spice).
  6. It's of Fish (Rohu fish) - 8 pieces approx half Kg.
  7. You need 1 tsp of Corrinader powder.
  8. Prepare 3 tsp of Turmeric powder.
  9. You need 1 tsp of Red chilli powder.
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Nigella powder.
  11. You need 1-2 cups of Water.
  12. It's of Salt.
  13. You need of Refined oil.

Bengali fish curry (Aloo Begun Bori diye macher jhol) instructions

  1. Wash fish pieces thoroughly in water, marinate in turmeric powder and salt. Fry all the pieces. Take out and keep aside..
  2. Fry the Badi slowly at low till golden brown, take out and keep aside on another Bowl..
  3. Now add nigella /Kalaunji/Kalo jeera seeds to the above oil for the Phoron/Tadka sauté them, add potatoes, Brinjal/eggplant pieces and add salt fry at low for atleast 5-7 mints stiring in between for even frying..
  4. Add turmeric & red chilli powder, corrinader powder to the above, add Fish,water slowly, slit Green chillies in between, Add badi/bodi and chillies to the above gravy..
  5. Cover and cook for atleast 10- 15 mints at med-low or till the potatoes are soft. The brinjals will cook before potatoes, If you feel, you can add them at the time of mixing in water..
  6. Now add finely nigella powder. Cooked for 30 seconds again..
  7. This is a wonderful recipe to cook Rohu fish or Pona mach. We served it with warm cooked rice..