Kadai needed to cook
Ingredients
- Bele fish /Katla/Rohu fish and
- Onions finely chopped-2
- Tomatoes finely chopped-1
- Ginger and garlic paste-1 spoon(equal quantities)
- Potato diced-1
- Turmeric powder-half teaspoon
- Red chilli powder-half teaspoon
- chopped green chillis-4
- salt to taste
- Chopped coriander leaves 3 spoons
- Mustard oil for cooking /white oil
Method
- 1-First marinate the fish with salt and turmeric and fry in mustard oil and keep aside.
- 2-Now in the same oil add chopped onions and fry till golden brown and then add chopped tomatoes and keep on frying till the sides leave oil.
- 3-Now add ginger garlic paste and chopped chillies and and keep stirring till the raw smell is gone.
- 4-Add dry spices like turmeric,red chilli powder and the diced potatoes ,salt and fry well with few spoons of water.Cover in low flame till the potatoes are soft.Once the potatoes are soft and cooked add the fish and mash it roughly and stir and mix well the potatoes and the spices.Once the sides leave oil add the chopped coriander leaves and the jhuri is done.Cover and keep for sometime with flames switched off.This will help in infusing the aroma of the coriander leaves.
- Note-Any left over fish head can be used.The taste is better with mustard oil.
- Cooking time is not more than 10 to 12 min.Fish head is good for eyes too.