Magur macher jhol / catfish curry

magur macher jhol or catfish curry

It is very much popular catfish (known as Magur) in West Bengal. Here it cooked in flevoured gravy to make it delicious.
Catfish meat helps in blood purification and help to fight against dieses.

Ingredients

Magur fish                                300 gm (6 pcs)

Garlic cloves (chopped)             6 – 7

Onion (chopped)                       1 big

Ginger paste                            1 tbsp

Cumin powder                          2 tsp

Red chilli powder                      1 tsp

Green chillies                           2 - 3

Coriander powder                     1 tsp

Turmeric powder                       2 tsp

Kashmiri mirch powder              ½ tsp

Bay leaves                               2

Potato  in cubes                       2 big

Garam masala paste                1 tsp

Salt                                         to taste

Sugar                                      1 tsp

Oil                                           3 tbsp

Method

First properly wash the fishes and marinate with turmeric powder and salt for 10 – 15 minutes.

Within this time finely chop garlic and ginger. Make paste of ginger then make smooth paste of garam masala with 2 cardamoms, 1 clove, 1 inch cinnamon.

Heat oil in wok, add fish pieces and sallow fry from both sides, remove and keep aside.

Add potato pieces and fry till light brown, remove from oil and keep aside.

In this same oil add chopped garlic then stir until light brown.

Then add chopped onion and stir until light brown then add sugar and mix well.

Add chopped tomato and stir till soft and mix well.

Add ginger paste, cumin powder, chilli powder, kashmiri mirch powder and cook until oil gets separated from masala.

cook the masala

Then add fried potatoes, bay leaves and mix well and cook for a minute.

add fried potatoes

Heat-up some water on other oven.

heat-up water

Add coriander powder into potatoes and mix well.

add coriander powder

Now add required water, salt, turmeric powder and mix well. Cover and cook for 4 – 5 minutes or until potatoes turn soft.

add hot water turmeric powder ans salt

Now add fried fishes, green chillies and again cover and cook for 2 – 3 minutes.

add fried fishes 

Open cover and add garam masala paste then mix well.

add garam masala paste and mix well

let boil the gravy then remove and pour into serving bowl.

boil before remove