Folui Macher Kalia / Foli Fish Recipe Bengali Style / folui Fish / Bronze Featherback Curry
Foli Macher Kalia/Foli Fish Recipe Bengali Style is always a favorite food for most Bengalis, but many avoid this fish due to its plenty of tiny thrones; Foli is a freshwater fish and has incredible taste. One can consume this fish as a fry, Kalia ( thick gravy), and jhol(stew) with other seasonal vegetables or jhal.
In this Kalia preparation, the marinated folui fish are fried and then simmered in a thick gravy made with onions, tomato, garlic, and ginger and sometimes added with potatoes finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce this is how to make Folui Macher Kalia / Foli Fish Recipe Bengali Style / folui Fish / Bronze Featherback Curry
The types of equipment used for this recipe are
- Mixing bowl
- Griddle/ concave tawa
- Blender
- Frypan
- Spatula
The ingredients required for this recipe are
For marinating and frying the fish
- Foli fish-2/300 gm
- Mustard oil-2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder-1 tbsp
- Salt-1 tbsp
For tempering
- Mustard oil-1 tbsp
- Red chili-2
- Cinnamon-1/2 inch stick
- Cardamom-2
- Bay leaf-1
For gravy and others
- Onion-1(chopped)
- Onion paste-2 tbsp
- Tomato-1
- Ginger- garlic paste-1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
- Cumin-coriander powder-1 tbsp
- Red chili powder-1/2 tbsp
- Salt
- Chopped coriander leaves-2 tbsp
How to make Foli Macher Kalia / Foli Fish Recipe Bengali Style
Clean and wash the Folii fish, and keep them on a plate
Add salt and turmeric powder, rub the fish well, and keep them aside for 15 minutes
Heat oil in a preseasoned griddle( as the fish are bigger in size, it is very difficult to fry, in a kadai or a pan), and fry the fish
The fish are fried perfectly; take them out from the oil and keep them aside
Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, and whole red chili for tempering
As they start spluttering, add the chopped onions and saute them for a minute, or until they become translucent
Now add the ginger–garlic paste and stir them for a minute
Add chopped tomato and stir them for 15 seconds
Now add the onion paste, and stir them continuously for 2 minutes on a high flame
Add the powdered spices (cumin-coriander, turmeric, and red chili powder) and salt, and stir them until the raw smell goes off (it would take 2-3 minutes on high flame)
Now add 2 cups of water and allow them to boil for a minute
Add the fried foli fish and mix them well, and cook for another 2 minutes on low flame
When the gravy becomes thick, add the chopped coriander leaves
Serve hot with rice
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Foli Macher Kalia / Foli Fish Recipe Bengali Style
Equipment
- Griddle/ concave tawa
- mixing bowl
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Spatula
- blender
Ingredients
For marinating and frying the fish
- 1 tbsp turmeric powder
- 2 Foli fish
- 2 tbsp Mustard oil
- salt
For tempering
- 1 tbsp Mustard oil
- 2 red chili
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 Cardamom
- 1/2 inch cinamom stick
For gravy and others
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp Onion paste
- 1 tomato
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tbsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp cumin- coriander powder
- 2 tbsp Chopped coriander leaves
- salt
Instructions
- Clean and wash the Folii fish, and keep them in a plate
- Add salt and turmeric powder, and rub the fish well, and keep them aside for 15 minutes
- Heat oil in a preseasoned griddle( as the fish are bigger insize, it is very difficult to fry, in a kadai or a pan), and fry the fish
- The fish are fried perfectly; take them out from the oil and keep them aside
- Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon and whole red chili for tempering
- As they start spluttering, add the chopped onions and saute them for a minute, or untill they become translucent
- Now add the ginger –garlic paste and stir them for a minute
- Add chopped tomato and stir them for 15 second
- Now add the onion paste, and stir them continiously for 2 minutes on high flame
- Add the powder spices (cumin-coriander, turmeric and redchili powder) and salt, stir them untill the raw smell goes off (it would take2-3 minutes on high flame)
- Add 2 cups of water and allow them to boil for a minute
- Add the fried foli fish and mix them well, and cook for another 2 minutes on low flame
- When the gravy becomes thick, add the chopped coriander leaves
- Serve hot with rice