Aar Macher Kalia recipe Debjanir Rannaghar

Massive chunks of Aar Mach are calmly fried after which cooked with massive fats chunks of potatoes and a spicy tangy gravy ready with onion, ginger, garlic, and tomatoes! Did I simply summarize the recipe of Aar Macher Kalia?

Relating to cooking a meal at residence; I attempt to stability everybody’s choice. There are objects I really like loads whereas each Pasta and Mehebub don’t like. Nonetheless, I do not favor to impose meals selections on others. If managed simply, I favor to rearrange meals contemplating the complete household’s choice. Take this Aar Macher Kalia for instance. I really like Aar Maach loads whereas each husband and daughter nearly hate it!

The humorous factor is I by no means have seen Aar Mach being cooked at my ancestral residence. This I suppose is a ghoti-thing. Earlier than you ask let me inform you I’ve elaborated on ghoti-bangal choice many instances in different recipes on my website reminiscent of Chitol macher muitha or Narkel Chapa or Phulkopi Aloo diye Chingri Kalia. You’ll be able to verify these posts to know extra.

Properly, in my in-law’s place as properly they don’t cook dinner or eat Aar Mach! That is form of bizarre. Folks typically ask me in regards to the distinction between the meals from a Hindu Bangali family in West Bengal (my guardian’s place for instance) and a Hindu Bengali family in West Bengal (my in-laws). Uncommon are the situations after they ask what are the similarities. Not consuming Aar Mach for certain is a similarity although I really like Aar Mach, interval.

Components

• Aar Mach (often known as Aor Fish/ Seenghala fish/ Aor Fish
• Potato
• Onion
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Tomato
• Inexperienced Chili
• Raisins
• Dry Purple Chili
• Clove
• Cinnamon Stick
• Clove
• Inexperienced Cardamom
• Bay Leaves
• Turmeric Powder
• Kashmiri Purple Chili Powder
• Cumin Powder
• Bengali Garam Masala Powder
• Salt
• Sugar
• Mustard Oil
• Ghee

See the recipe card for portions.

Directions

I bear in mind buying Aar Mach for the primary time, throughout our 4 years in Gurgaon. I picked it from C R Park Market in Delhi. Mehebub was nearly horrified. For that matter, he nonetheless is; at any time when he sees me buying Aar Maach fortunately. As I’m the one individual at residence who loves Aar Mach I’ve no possibility however to ask for a portion of the fish from the fishmonger. The larger the dimensions of the fish; the higher would be the style of the Macher Kalia in any case! If you’re to cook dinner Aar Macher Kalia; take fish chunks from at the very least a fish sized 2-3 kgs.

How you can cook dinner Aar Macher Kalia steps

For detailed recipe see the recipe card beneath

Clear and pat dry Aar Maach chunks aka Singara fish

Marinate with salt and Turmeric Powder

Add tomato and inexperienced chili paste, ginger paste, and garlic paste as properly, and cook dinner

At this level turmeric powder, Kashmiri crimson chili powder, cumin powder, salt, and sugar as properly, and cook dinner

Substitutions

You’ll be able to substitute Aar Maach with Katla Mach and make Katla Macher Kalia as a substitute!

• Mustard Oil – as a substitute of mustard oil, you should utilize vegetable oil or olive oil. Nonetheless, don’t count on the pungency that comes from mustard oil which makes Bengali macher jhol distinctive if utilizing the opposite variations.
• Tomato – You’ll be able to really use yogurt to make the Bengali fish curry tangy and flavorful. My mom does that nevertheless, I favor tomatoes.
• Ghee – There isn’t a substitution. You both use ghee to make Aar Macher kalia wealthy (and heavenly) or skip it to make a less-calorie model. Each work relying in your choice and want.

Variations

There are just a few tricks to make an everyday Aar Macher Kalia particular.

• Spicy – use tikha crimson chili powder as a substitute of Kashmiri crimson chili powder, or you should utilize half and half for each coloration and spiciness.
• Deluxe – Add, crispy onions, and a handful of fried cashew nuts together with the raisins to the curry. You’ll be able to add cashew nut paste as properly.
• Child-friendly – reasonable use of spices would assist. For those who do not fancy a crimson coloration of the fish curry, use inexperienced chilies and make a fairly bland-looking but amazingly flavorful Aar Macher Kalia.

Tools

Tools can have a huge impact on how a recipe seems. Whereas cooking a Bengali fish curry the place I must fry the fish, I favor a standard iron skillet. As an alternative, you should utilize a nonstick deep-bottom pan as properly.

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Recipe

Aar Macher Kalia

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Description

Tangy, flavorful, and wealthy Bengali Aar Macher Kalia; a fish curry ready with Aor aka Singara Fish. It is a should attempt recipe of Bengali Macher Jhol

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Directions

1. I take advantage of items from a giant measurement fish for this recipe. Additionally, I don’t use a head or tail on this recipe. You might discuss with the fish minimize (spherical) within the image.
2. Take 5 items (at the very least 100g every or extra) of Aar Mach.
3. Marinate the fish chunks with ½ Tsp. every of Turmeric Powder and Salt.
4. Hold the fish marinated for quarter-hour earlier than cooking.
5. Soak Raisin in heat water for 10 minutes.
6. In the meantime, peel the pores and skin of potatoes and minimize these into halves if utilizing medium measurement potatoes. You’ll be able to minimize these into 4 items if utilizing big-size potatoes or can use entire if utilizing child potatoes.
7. Roughly chop 1 onion and make a paste of one other onion.
8. Make a paste of the tomatoes together with the inexperienced chilies.
9. Now warmth mustard oil in a pan until the oil emits aroma and modifications coloration.
10. Now calmly fry the fish from either side.
11. Don’t over-fry Aar Maach aka Singara Fish. Over-fried fish after cooking in gravy can have the feel of rubber which shouldn’t be the case. As an alternative, calmly fry the fish chunks.
12. Fry either side for a most of 1 minute.
13. As soon as fried pressure fish chunks from the oil.
14. Now sprinkle ½ Tsp. every of the turmeric powder and salt on potato chunks and marinate these.
15. Fry the potato chunks within the remaining oil within the pan until these are golden brown in coloration and ½ executed.
16. Pressure potatoes from the pan.
17. Now add half of the ghee to the oil.
18. Mood the ghee and oil combination with dry crimson chilies, clove, cinnamon stick, inexperienced cardamom, and in addition bay leaves.
19. As soon as the spices emit aroma add chopped onion and in addition onion paste collectively.
20. Fry each on low flame until the onion modifications coloration and there’s no uncooked aroma.
21. Now add ginger garlic paste adopted by the tomato and inexperienced chili paste, and provides a radical combine.
22. Cook dinner for at the very least 3 minutes until there isn’t a uncooked scent.
23. Now add Turmeric Powder, Purple Chili Powder, Cumin Powder, Sugar, and Salt, and provides a radical combine.
24. Hold the flame medium and stir constantly until the perimeters of the combination leaves oil.
25. This may take round 5-7 minutes after which the combination will change coloration.
26. Whereas frying, you may add 1-2 Tbsp. water if the combination is getting dried.
27. Add soaked raisins and blend once more. 
28. Now add 2 cups filled with water and after mixing deliver it to a boil.
29. Add fried potatoes and hold cooking until the potatoes are properly executed.
30. This may occasionally take round 7-10 minutes whereas preserving the flame low relying on the standard of the potatoes.
31. As soon as potatoes are cooked add fried fish and provides a light-weight combine. 
32. Cook dinner for two minutes on excessive flame.
33. Add remaining Ghee and Bengali Garam Masala and after mixing swap the flame off.
34. Cowl the pan with a lid and open the lid after 10 minutes or whereas serving.

Notes

• Aar Mach is often known as Aor Fish/ Seenghala fish/ Aor Fish.
• Sugar is non-compulsory. You’ll be able to skip it and this has nothing to do with me being a Ghoti. It’s simply, sugar balances the flavors.
• You’ll be able to skip the ghee to make the Aar Macher Kalia less-calorie Fish curry.
• Final however not the least, you may skip raisins too. Nonetheless, I just like the bits of raisins in Macher Kalia.

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