Sunday Bengali Lunch Thali

Meat
Jul 07, 2018
Moumita Ghosh
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On almost every Sunday runny Mutton curry aka Panthar mangsher jhol is a must item of a lavish menu. So at our home today. Since last 7 days I had an order of lunch for a Bengali marraige ceremony. So could not able to cook proper lunch or dinner for ourselves. Just one type of item was on our daily menu. And on last monday my mom came to our Hyderabad. So I decided to cook some a lavish lunch for us including mutton and here it is. Our Sunday Lunch menu contains,

Bhat
Masoor Dal
Bandhakopi die Macher mathar chechra
Punti macher chorchori
Katla macher jhol
Mangsher jhol
Payesh
Salad

Punti macher chorchori

Ingredients & Instructions

Punti mache 1 bowl full, amrinated with salt and turmeric
Onion, chopped 1 small
Green chili 1 chopped
Potato 1 small, thinly sliced
Turmeric 1 pinch
Red chili powder as per taste
Salt as per taste
Mustard oil 4 tablespoons

Take the fish, clean well, wash and mrinate with salt & turmeric and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, and fry the punti mach till they turned into crispy. Take them out of the pan and keep aside. In the same oil, add chopped onion and green chili, and fry till the onion looks golden in color. Now add chopped potato, salt, turmeric & red chili powder and keep stirring. Add little water and cover the pan to make the potatoes tender. It may take 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, add fried punti mach and check for salt and chili. Add if needed. Keep stirring everything till oil oozes. Serve with steamed rice. May add chopped cilantro if you want.

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