Bengali fish curry recipe

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Ingredients:

2 tblsp lemon juice2 tbsps.
mustard oil for frying
salt to taste
8 fish fillets
1 tblsp red chilli powder
4 red chillies whole
salt to taste
1 tsp mustard paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
4 green chillies slit
2 tblsp coriander powder
1 tblsp garlic paste
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 bay leaf
2 cup onions chopped
1 tblsp ginger paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp onion seeds (kalonji)


Bengali fish curry procedure:

* Clean and cut fish fillet, wash well, remove excess water and then marinate with limejuice, turmeric powder and salt.
* Keep aside for 30 minutes.
* Heat up a pan, mix in 1 tblsp oil, shallow fry marinated fish from both sides until slightly browned.
* Take off and keep aside.
* Heat up remaining oil, mix in mustard seeds, kalonji, whole dry red chillies and bay leaf, stir fry for a few minutes till seeds crackles, mix in ginger, garlic paste and stir fry again for a moment.
* Mix in cut onion and stir fry until slightly brown in colour.
* Mix in mustard paste, red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder, stir fry masala nicely until oil starts separating.
* Adjust water and salt, bring to boil and then mix in shallow fried fish, put green chilli slits on top.
* Stir fry on a slow flame until fish get cooked and oil starts floating on top of gravy.
* Take off and decorate with cut green coriander leaves.