East Indian
Macher Jhol (Light Everyday Bengali Fish Curry)
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Macher Jhol (Light Everyday Bengali Fish Curry) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rub the fish pieces with turmeric and half the salt and let them marinate for 10 minutes.
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Heat the mustard oil in a pot until it just smokes, then fry the fish pieces briefly until lightly golden on both sides, and set aside.
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In the same oil, temper the cumin and nigella seeds, then add the potato and fry for 3 minutes.
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Stir in the ginger paste, tomato, ground cumin, ground coriander, and remaining salt, and cook until the tomato softens.
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Add the water and green chilies, bring to a boil, and simmer until the potato is tender, about 12 minutes.
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Slide the fried fish back in and simmer gently for 5 minutes so it takes on the thin gravy, then finish with cilantro and serve hot over rice.
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Serve it with
A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Macher Jhol (Light Everyday Bengali Fish Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Macher Jhol (Light Everyday Bengali Fish Curry) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 560 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Macher Jhol (Light Everyday Bengali Fish Curry) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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