Fish curry

Fish curry/macha tarkari..In odia fish means macha and curry means tarkari. It's  needs Indian masala and most importantly mustard oil. It tastes best with plain steamed rice. So if you are a fish lover then try this recipe , I m sure you love it.. here is the recipe 😃

Ingredients:-

Fish: 500 gms

Potato: 2 medium sized

Onion: 2 medium sized

Garlic: 8 – 9 cloves

Ginger: 2 cm long

Tomato: 1 big sized

Cumin seeds-2 tsp

Dry Red chilly -2/3

Chili Powder: 2 tsp

Mustard Oil – 3-4 tbsp

Turmeric – 3 tsp

Salt – according to the taste

Coriander Leaves – for Garnishing

Method:-

Clean the fish and pat dry.Marinate the fish with Turmeric and Salt.properly mix the turmeric and salt with the fish evenly so that it coats well.Cut  potatoes into medium wedges .

Prepare a smooth paste of Onion, Ginger, Garlic , cumin seeds & dry red chilly. grind the tomatoes into a puree. keep aside.

In a wide bottomed vessel or kadhai, put  Mustard Oil and let it heat . Shallow fry the marinated fish one by one till it’s golden brown from both the sides.Once all  fishes are fried properly, keep aside.

In the same oil, cook the potatoes till golden brown .Once the potatoes are cooked, put little bit more oil into the kadai if needed.In the oil, add the smooth  Paste and cook till the rawness of is gone and it smells cooked.Add the Chili powder and Turmeric powder and cook it for more 2 mins.

After the masala is properly cooked and smell of raw ingredients are gone, add the tomato puree and cook for 2-3 mins till the oil  come out from sides.

Add the fried potatoes to the masala. Add the salt according to the taste, you have to be very cautious while adding salt as the salt was initially added in the fish.Add two cups of water, and bring the potato and gravy to a boil.After the gravy is properly cooked n potatoes are soften, add the fried fish pieces and cook for 1-2 mins.Switch off the heat and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.Serve the spicy gravy with plain rice.