Sand Goby fish curry recipe
How to Make Bele Macher Kalia? The procedure is the same to make Bele Macher Kalia as katla macher kalia or Rui Macher Kalia, but the thing is this fish is very delicate; so while cooking you have to take extra care. The marinated Bele 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 this is How to Make Bele Macher Kalia.
Main equipment
- Wok/Kadai
- Spatula
- Serving plate
Ingredients
- Bele fish/ Sand Goby fish-500 gm
- Potato-1 (cut into 4 pieces)
- 2 chopped tomatoes
- Onions-2 (finely chopped)
- Ginger-garlic paste-2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds-1/2 tbsp
- Red chili-2
- roasted cumin powder-2 tbsp
- turmeric powder-2 tbsp
- red chili powder-1 tbsp
- green chili-2
- Some chopped coriander leaves
- Oil-1/2 cup
How to Make Bele Macher Kalia
Clean and wash the Bele fish, Gently rub with turmeric powder and salt
Heat oil in a pan/ wok
Carefully drop the fish one by one, don’t try to accommodate all the fish at a time, which will mash it.
Fry all fish in 2-3 stages, with both sides in high-medium flame. Fry fish until color changes to a golden brown. Transfer fried fish to a plate.
In the same pan, add cumin seeds and red chili for tempering
As they splutter and sizzle add potato and fry it for 2-3 minutes
Then add chopped onion and sauté it for 3-4 minutes
Add ginger-garlic paste and stir it until the raw smell goes off
Now add chopped tomato and stir fry for 2 minutes
Then add all the spices .e.g turmeric, cumin, red chili powder, and salt; mix it nicely and sauté for 3 minutes.
After 2-3 minutes pour water; mix it and cover the lid and allow it to cook for 10 minutes or to boil the potato
After boiling, open the lid. Add all fried fish. Mix it and allow it to cook for another 5 minutes on low-medium flame.
Take it off from the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves
Transfer it to a serving plate. Serve it with rice.
How to Make Bele Macher Kalia
Equipment
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Serving plate
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 500 gm Bele fish
- 2 onion (chopped)
- 1 potato (cut into 4 pieces)
- 2 tomato Chopped)
- 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tbsp red chili
- 1 tbsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp turmeric powder
- 2 green chili
- salt
- coriander leaves
Instructions
- Clean and wash the Bele fish, Gentlyrub with turmeric powder and salt
- Heat oil in a pan/ wok
- Carefully drop the fish one by one,don’t try to accommodate all the fish at a time, which will mash it.
- Fry all fish in 2-3 stages,with both sides in high-medium flame. Fry fish until color changes to a goldenbrown. Transfer fried fish to a plate
- In the same pan, add cumin seeds andred chili for tempering
- As they splutter and sizzle addpotato and fry it for 2-3 minutes
- Then add chopped onion and sauté it for 3-4 minutes
- Add ginger-garlic paste and stir ituntil the raw smell goes off
- Now add chopped tomato and stir fryfor 2 minutes
- Then add all the spices .e.gturmeric, cumin, red chili powder, and salt; mix it nicely and sauté for 3minutes.
- After 2-3 minutes pour water; mix itand cover the lid and allow it to cook for 10 minutes or to boil the potato
- After boiling, open the lid. Add allfried fish. Mix it and allow it to cook for another 5 minutes on low-mediumflame.
- Take it off from the flame . garnish with coriander leaves
- Transfer it to a serving plate.Serve it with rice.