Catfish Curry Or Magur Machher Kaliya

Name: Catfish Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: Catfish/ Magur Machh 1 medium size cut into steak size pieces with skin; Potato 1 medium cut into chunks; Onion 1 medium cut into chunks; Ginger 1 tablespoon roughly chopped; Garlic 2 to 3 cloves roughly chopped; Green chilies 2 to 3 (adjust to your taste); Tomato 1 large cut into pieces; Turmeric powder 1 tablespoon; Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon Or Adjust to your taste; Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon; Mustard oil 4 tablespoons; Salt as per taste; Cinnamon stick 1; Cloves 4 to 5; Green Cardamom pods 2 to 3; Ghee or Clarified butter 1 teaspoon

Fish & SeaFood
Oct 28, 2013
Moumita Ghosh
1515 Likes

Catfish Curry Or better if I call this "Magur MAchher Kaliya". Magur Machh is known as Catfish. This fish is very healthy. My mom always trying to make me eat Magur Machh, but I didn't like this fish at all,either now. So she used to make a very spicy type curry and she never told me what was the fish. And she cooks this fish so well I never complain her for not eating the curry. This is my mom's special recipe for Catfish Or I should say Magur Machh. This recpe is so tasty and spicy, anybody can make this for their guests too in a pure Bengali Lunch Menu...

In West Bengal catfish (known as Magur) is eaten as a favored delicacy during the monsoons. Catfish meat helps in blood purification. Catfish curry is consumed in these parts to promote faster recovery to patients suffering from fever or other ailments.

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Yields

4 serving(s)

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Time

Preperation
20 Minutes

Cooking
30 Minutes

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Cooking Level
Medium

Meal Type
Lunch

Cuisine
Bengali

Ingredients of Catfish Curry

Catfish/ Magur Machh 1 medium size cut into steak size pieces with skin
Potato 1 medium cut into chunks
Onion 1 medium cut into chunks
Ginger 1 tablespoon roughly chopped
Garlic 2 to 3 cloves roughly chopped
Green chilies 2 to 3 (adjust to your taste)
Tomato 1 large cut into pieces
Turmeric powder 1 tablespoon
Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon Or Adjust to your taste
Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard oil 4 tablespoons
Salt as per taste
Cinnamon stick 1
Cloves 4 to 5
Green Cardamom pods 2 to 3
Ghee or Clarified butter 1 teaspoon

Directions to make Catfish Curry in steps

Steps

Take the Catfish steaks in a bowl and add some salt and rub on the Catfish steaks for 5 minutes. Now wash them and marinate them with some salt and Turmeric powder and keep aside for 15 minutes.

Heat 3 tablespoons Mustard oil and fry the potatoes and keep them aside. Now fry the marinated steaks till golden brown and put onto paper towel.

Now make a smooth paste with Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Green chilies & Tomato pieces. In the remaining oil heat rest of the Mustard oil. Add the Whole Garam Masalas and fry till a nice aroma comes from them.

Add the Onion, Griner, Garlic, Green Chili & Tomato paste to the oil and fry till the raw smell of the masala goes out. Add Turmeric, Red chili, Cumin powder to the pan and fry till oil start separating from the masala.

Now add the fried Potatoes & Fish Steaks to the masala of the pan and fry them too along with the masala for 5 minutes. Add 2 cups of water to the pan and cover the pan with a lid and let the curry cook on medium low heat for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes open the lid and higher the oven for another 5 minutes. After 5 minutes turn off the oven, sprinkle some Ghe on the curry and serve hot with Steamed Rice.

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Serving Tips

Garnish Catfish Curry with handful of chopped cilantro and sprinkle some Clarified Butter/Ghee from the top and serve with Steamed Rice & Cucumber Salad.

Notes

This curry will be the most flavorful, if you are making this curry with live Catfish/Magur Machh. If you do not want to add Potato, it's fine. And you can make this dish with less gravy. Just reduce the measurement of the water you will add to make the gravy.

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