Sweet and Sour Fish

Sweet and Sour Fish

 
Ingredient

• rui (rohu) fish – 5 pieces (it is a type of fish)
• Onion – 2 (cut into cubes)
• Green chilli – 2 (slice into halves)
• Ginger paste – 1 tea spoon
• Whole gram masala – 1 tea spoon
• Tomato sauce – 3 tea spoon
• Honey – 1/2 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tea spoon

Method 

Clean the fish pieces and marinate with salt for 10 minutes. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Fry the pieces for 2 minutes and take out from the oil and keep aside. In the same pan put the whole gram masala and sauté for a minute. Put the green chilli and onion and fry till onion turns light brown, then put salt ,ginger paste and 2 table spoon of water and the fried fish pieces and cook till the fish is almost done. In the last put the mixture of tomato sauce and honey and cook for 2 minutes. Serve hot with plain rice.

Prawn Curry

A  delightful  masala prawn curry which will bring water in your month.

Prawn Curry

Ingredient

• Medium size prawns - 25 pieces (cleaned )

For marination:

• lemon – 4 tea spoon
• salt to taste
• chilli powder - 1 tea spoon
• ginger-garlic paste - 2 tea spoon

For gravy:

• curd -1/2 cup
• cream -4 tea spoon (or 1/2 cup coconut milk)
• onions - 2 (grated)
• tomatoes puree - 3 tomato (boil the tomato and make a paste)
• Chilli powder - 1 tea spoon
• turmeric - 1 tea spoon
• cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
• garam masala powder - 2 tea spoon
• ginger-garlic paste - 1 tea spoon
• butter -2 tea spoon
• oil - 1 tea spoon
• tandoori masala - 1 tea spoon (for color)

Method 

In a bowl marinate the prawn with lemon juice, salt, chilli powder and ginger-garlic paste for 20-30 minutes . Heat butter in a pan. Now cook the marinated prawns for 5 minutes until well cooked and keep aside . In the same pan take oil and add cumin seeds and onion and sauté till it turns brown. Now add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and fry for two minutes. Add tomatoes in the pan and mix well, until the mixture thickens. Add cooked prawns and cream or coconut milk , curd and garam masala. Mix well and cook in a low flame for few minutes.In the last add tandoori masala powder and salt to taste. Serve hot with rice or naan.

Chingri Maacher Malai Curry (Prawn with coconut milk)

Bengali cuisine is a perfect blends of non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes  in West Bengal. It is known as the land of Maach means fish and Bhaat means rice. Chingri Maacher Malai Curry i.e. Prawn with the help of coconut milk is very Popular among the Bengali's as well as whole India.

Chingri Maacher Malai Curry

Ingredient

• prawn - 500 gms (medium size)
• onion - 1 cup(paste)
• garlic - 4 tea spoon (paste)
• coconut - 2 cup (paste)
• coconut milk - 2 cup
• haldi - 1/4 tea spoon
• whole gram masala - clove - 8 nos,cardamon - 4 nos, cinnamon - 2 sticks
• white oil to fry
• salt to taste

Method

Wash the prawn and mix well salt & haldi into it. Marinate for 15 mins. Heat the oil and shallow fry the marinate prawn for 1 mins in low flame and keep aside. Now put whole gram masala in the same oil for 2 mins. Add garlic & onion paste into it for saute. when oil start separating from the mixture add coconut paste and mix for few mins.Add prawn and mix well, salt to taste. Now pour the coconut milk and little water.Cook till the gravy becomes thick. Serve it with rice.

Hilsa(IIlish)Paturi

Bengali cuisine is a perfect blends of non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes in West Bengal. It is known as the land of Maach means fish and Bhaat means rice. Hilsa fish is one of the faverate for Bengali's.

Hilsa Paturi

Ingredient

• Hilsa(Iilish)Fish - 500 gms
• haldi - 1 tea spoon
• green chilly - 6-8 piece (paste)
• mustard seed - 2 table spoon
• mustard oil - 2 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• banana leaf (cut to fold fish pieces)

thread (to bind the folded banana leaf)

Method

Wash the fish & make 4 to 6 pieces without taking head and tail portion. Make a smooth paste of mustard seeds and green chilly. Marinate the Hilsa fish with the paste,mustard oil and salt.Cut banana leaf to fold the fish pieces separately . Tie it with the thread around the fish folded in the banana leaves,brush oil outside. Put the folded fish pieces in oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit and grill both side for 15 mins. 
Alternatively you can do it in tawa at low heat.Put the folded fish on the Tawa for 15 mins at one side and turn the other side for another 15 mins.Serve with Rice or Pulao.