If youare bored with daily same recipe like macher jhol and macher jhal then thisrecipe is for you. Ghatkol Pata Diye Bata Mach Recipe which is a very uncommon recipe;2 years back I prepared kharkol Pata diye Chingri,which was terrific, so I thought of making bata fish with Ghatkol leaves, whichalso becomes agives a very good result
Clean and wash the Ghatkol leaves, discard the tiny stems
Take a blender jar and add the Ghatkol leaves, green chiliand ginger, and make a fine paste
Now take the sil batta, and grind the poppy seeds
And make a smooth paste
Clean and wash the fresh bata fish and keep them in a mixingbowl, and add ½ Tbsp turmeric powder and salt.
Rub the fish well with salt and turmeric powder, and keepthem aside for 15-20 minutes
Heat Oil in a kadai, let it come to a smoky point, thenslowly add the fish (it is advisable for beginners to fry the fish one by one,otherwise it may stick with the kadai) and fry them
Once fried on one side, and then turn them over to the otherside and fry them well on both sides and take them out from the kadai
Same way fry all the bata fish and keep them aside
Add panchphoron and red chili in the same kadai for tempering
As they splutter and sizzle, add the poppy seed paste
Now add the kharkol leaves paste, with little water (washingthe bowl), add salt and mix them well, and cook for 1 minute in highflame
Slowly drop the fried fish and mix them well, and cook for 1minute on a high flame, then slow down the flame and cook for 1 more minute
Turn off the flame and spread some chopped coriander leaves,transfer them to a serving plate and serve hot with rice