How To Make Koi Macher Jhol

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By Abhijit

Last Updated May 26, 2023


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How To Make koi Macher Jhol

Koi fish curry means Tel Koi, which I already prepared. Now I am going to prepare data Alu die koi macher jhol, which is also very flavorsome. The marinated koi fish are fried and then simmered in a stew made with chilies, and ginger and added with Potato and drumstick finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, flavored sauce and this is How To Make Koi Macher Jhol. Here I used potato with skin, the idea is not to mix the potato with the stew and make the stew thick.

Equipment

A Kadai or a frying pan

blender

A serving plate or bowl

Ladle

Ingredients

  • 300 Gm koi mach(climbing perch)

For Spice Paste

  • One tbsp whole cumin seeds
  • Ginger-1 inch 
  • red chili-1
  • green chili-1

For Preparing the Curry

  • mustard oil-2 tbsp
  • Drumstick-2 large
  • Potato-2 (with skin)
  • Onion-1 (chopped)
  • 1 tsp panchforon
  • turmeric powder-1 tsp 
  • green chilies, -2 
  • salt to taste

For marinating the fish

  • mustard oil-1 tbsp 
  • turmeric powder-2 tbsp 
  • salt-2 tbsp 

How To Make Koi Macher Jhol

Clean and wash the koi fish.

Coat them with turmeric powder and salt to marinate for 20-30 minutes

Peel the ginger, add it with soaked cumin and dry chilies in a blender, and make a paste

Heat oil in a wok, and season it with oil before use to avoid the stickiness

Slowly drop the fish, don’t try to accommodate more fish at a time, fry them in stages.

Once fried on one side, turn it over to another side.

Place them on a plate to further use.

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Wash and cut the drumstick into one-inch length

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Wash and fry the potatoes with skin in a wok/Kadai till the skin becomes crispy

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Add panchforon in the same wok for tempering, then add onions, sauté it and add the paste of cumin, ginger, and chili (Soak the cumin seeds and red chilies for half an hour. Make a paste by adding ginger and green chili).

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Add the drumsticks, and stir them well with the spices for two minutes.

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Now add turmeric powder, salt and sauté for two minutes.

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Now the drumsticks are well coated with the spices.

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Add potatoes and two cups of water; cover it and allow it to cook for 5 minutes to boil the potatoes and drumsticks.

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After 5 minutes open the lid and slowly drop the koi fish; again cover the lid for two minutes.

Take it off from the oven and serve it hot with rice.

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How To Make koi Macher Jhol

How To Make koi Macher Jhol

Themarinated  koi fishs  are fried and then simmered in a stew madewith chilies, and ginger and added with Potato and drumstick finished in awarm, spicy, cumin, flavored sauce and this is How To Make koi Macher Jhol.Here I used potato with skin, idea is not to mix the potato with the stew andmake the stew thick.
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 2
Calories

Equipment

  • grinder
  • Spatula
  • Serving plate
  • A kadai or a fry pan

Ingredients
  

  • 300 gm koi mach(climbing perch)

For Spice Paste

  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 1 tbsp red chili powder
  • 1 green chilies

For Preparing the Curry

  • 2 tbsp Mustard oil
  • 5 Potatos
  • 2 drumstick
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 tbsp Panchforon
  • 1 tbsp  turmeric powder
  • 2 green chili
  • salt

Formarinating the fish

  • 1 tbsp Mustard oil
  • 2 tbsp  turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Clean and wash the koi fishes.
    Coat them with turmeric powder andsalt to marinate for 20-30 minutes
    Peel ginger, add it with soakedcumin and dry chilies in a blender and make a paste
    Heat oil in a wok, season it withoil before use to avoid the stickiness
    Slowly drop the fish, don’t try toaccommodate more fish at a time, fry them in stages.
    Once fried on one side, turn it overto another side.Place them on a plate to further use.
  • Wash and cut the drumstick inone-inch length
  • Wash and fry the potatoes with skinin a wok/Kadai till the skin becomes crispy
  • Add panchforon in the same wok fortempering, then add onions, sauté it and add the paste of cumin, ginger andchili (Soak the cumin seeds and red chilies for half an hour. Make a paste byadding ginger and green chili).
  • Add the drumsticks, and stir themwell with the spices for two minutes.
  • Now add turmeric powder, salt and sautéfor two minutes.
  • Now the drumsticks are well coatedwith the spices.
  • Add potatoes and two cups of water;cover it and allow it to cook for 5 minutes to boil the potatoes anddrumsticks.
  • After 5 minutes open the lid andslowly drop the koi fish; again cover the lid for two minutes.
    Take it off from the oven and serveit hot with rice.

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