Hot and peppery Pabo Cat Fish (Pabda Macher Teljhal)

Hot and peppery Pabo Cat Fish (Pabda Macher Teljhal) Ingredients ·          Pabda Mach/ Pabo Cat Fish: 6-7 ·          Onion P...

Hot and peppery Pabo Cat Fish

(Pabda Macher Teljhal)

Ingredients

·         Pabda Mach/ Pabo Cat Fish: 6-7

·         Onion Paste: 1 Tablespoon.

·         White Mustard Seed and Black Mustard Seed mixed paste: 3 tablespoon

·         Tomato puree-2 teaspoon

·         Garlic Paste- ½  teaspoon

·         Salt: to taste

·         Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon

·         Red Chili Powder: ½  teaspoon

·         Green Chili: 5-6(slited)

·         Yogurt- 2 tablespoon

·         Ginger paste- 1 teaspoon

·         Mustard Oil: 1 cup.

Instructions

Firstly make paste of mustard seeds with 2/3 green chilies and 1 teaspoon of salt and keep it aside. Clean fishes properly. Mixed the fishes with salt and ½ teaspoon turmeric powder and keep them aside.

Add oil in a pan when the oil heated well. Dip the fishes one by one.  You should make shallow fry the fishes.

Take a pan, add oil, when oil comes to splatter add the ginger onion garlic paste. Fry it for few minutes then add yogurt and tomato puree.  Cook it till oil comes out. After that add mustard seed paste in it and mixed well and Sauté for few minutes. Now add water in the mixture. Let the water comes to boil. After that add fishes one after one. Check salt and add as required. When fish are perfectly cooked and gravy diminishes, and then removes the pan from the gas. Now sprinkle 1 table spoon oil and green chilies over it. Cover it for perfect seasoning and aroma. Serve this traditional Bengali dish with your sweet smile.

Please remember this fish is very delicate. Fry and cook the fish very carefully.