Fish (Bata) with orange/bata mache komla lebor labonno

Bata mache komla lebur labonno

Hi friends, fish named Bata is very testy and beneficial for our body. From my childhood I have been testing sorshe bata, bata macher jhal but today I have done some experiment on it with our favourite Darjeeling sweet orange. Before cooking and testing it I couldn’t imagine that the orange can enhance the fish taste this much. The taste is so refreshing. Here I am cooking for serving 2 persons. So try and enjoy it with hot rice.

Ingredients

Bata fish                                   2

Orange                                     3 cloves

Panch foron (five spices)            ½ teaspoon

Tomato                                     ¼ of medium size

Green chilli                                2

Dry chilli                                   ½

Turmeric powder                        ½ teaspoon

Salt                                          to taste

Mustard oil                                1 tablespoon

Method

First wash fishes properly then marinate with turmeric powder and salt for 5-10 minutes. Heat oil in pan,  tear ½ dry red chilli and put in hot oil and add panch foron (cumin-seed, black cumin-seed, fenugreek seed, aniseed and pasley these five kinds of spices), wait until fragrant then add marinated fish and fry for 3 minutes from both sides in medium heat. Then add chopped tomato and fry all together for 2 minutes.

bata fish fry 

Now add ½ cup of water, 1 pinch turmeric, salt, green chillies. Then mix and cover for 2-3 minutes. within this time squeeze out juice of 2 sweet orange cloves in spoon.

orange juice in spoon

Open the cover and pour the cooked fish on serving dish then sprinkle the juice over fishes.

sprinkle orange juice on bata

Now serve it by decorating with remaining orange clove.