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| Lotte macher jhuri |
Ingredients:
- Lotte mach / Bombay duck fish : 500 gm without head
- Garlic paste : 2 tablespoons
- Onion slices : 1.5 cup
- Tomatoes : 1 cup finely chopped
- Green chilies: 3 chopped
- Coriander/ cilantro: 2 tbsp finely chopped
- Ginger paste : 1tbsp
- Cumin powder : 1 tsp
- Coriander powder: 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
- Kashmiri red chilly powder : 1 tsp
- Garam masala powder : 1 tsp
- Salt in less amount
- Sugar optional
- Mustard oil : 4 tbsp
1. First clean and wash fish and keep aside.
2. Now in a small bowl add ginger paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and kashmiri red chili powder and add 1-2 tbsp water . Mix it well and keep aside.
3. Now take a kadai or a non stick pan ( I prefer nonstick pan)and add mustard oil . Heat it.
4. Add onion slices and fry it for 2 minutes in medium heat.After that add garlic paste. In this recipe we add little more amount garlic and spices to reduce the smell of fish. Fry it again for 2 minutes.
5. Add chopped tomatoes and green chilies. You can add more or less chilies as per your preference. Saute it. Now sprinkle very little amount of salt like 1/4 tsp as the fish is itself salty. Give a mix and cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
6. Now add the masala paste and mix all the ingredients properly and cover it again. We have to wait for a minute.
7. After that we will add lotte fish and mix it with the masalas.We will add raw fishes. We will cover and cook for 5 minutes
medium heat. After 5 minutes we will find that fish has become soft. With the help of spatula will mix the mixture very well. Again we will cover it and cook till all the masalas and fishes smashes properly.we don’t have to add water as the fish releases water and the recipe will be dry.
8. After almost 10 minutes( we will check in between ) we will remove the cover and will start stirring. We will raise the heat to medium high heat. We will stir it till water absorb. If you want to add salt at this point first taste it , then add salt accordingly.Now you add sugar if you need.
9. Sprinkle garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves.Give a good mix .Our cooking is ready. Now we will put it in a serving dish.
Our lotte fish jhuri dish is done. Serve it with hot steam rice.
Happy Cooking!!
