How to make alu diye roopchand macher Kalia
The marinated roopchand fish chunks are fried and then simmered in a thick gravy made with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and ginger and sometimes added with potatoes finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce and this is How to make alu diye roopchand Macher Kalia in Bengali style
Prep time 15 mins |
Cook time 20 mins |
Total time 35 mins |
Ingredients:
- Roopchand fish 4 pieces
- potatoes –two medium size
- tomato-1 (chopped)
- onion 1 (chopped)
- ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoon each
- 3 green chilies
- Small bunch of coriander leaves(chopped )
- garam masala powder -1/2 teaspoon
- 1 dry red chili
- turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
- red chili powder 1 teaspoon
- coriander powder 1 tablespoon
- cumin powder 1 teaspoon
- salt to taste
- oil -1/2 cup(fry and gravy)
- water ½ cup
- 1 bay leaf
How to make alu diye roopchand macher kalia
- first, rub the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder and keep it for 10 minutes
- heat oil in a pan and deep fry the fish and keep aside
- In the same oil tamper the cumin, bay leaf, and dry red chili
- Now add the onion and fry it till its color changes to light brown then add potatoes (cut into slices), ginger garlic paste and sauté for 5 minutes
- This is the stage to add tomato, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and red chili powder salt and cook till the raw smell of the spices goes off.
- Add the fried fish and cover it for 2 minutes to soak the gravy
- In the final stage add chopped coriander leaves, green chilies, and garam masala powder then serve hot with steamed rice.
Conclusion: Though it is a seawater fish taste is somewhere like rohu/Katla (river fish), so anyone who doesn’t like seawater fish can try this fish.
My other roopchand fish recipes are roopchand fish curry and peyajkoli diye roopchand macher jhal