Katla Macher Kalia

      Fish is one of the most important food items among Bengalis all around the world. if you go to any Bengali people's house for an invitation to lunch or dinner, you will find a common fish.

Which is The "Katla Fish"

          There are many different ways to cook Katla fish but today I will share with you all a very popular Bengali fish dish called " Katla Macher Kalia".

This dish is very rich and full of spices. If you are a Spicy food lover, You will definitely love this.

So let's start to know that How to cook " Katla Macher Kalia".

• It's a Bengali cuisine 
• Main course dish 
• Preparation time 25 minutes.
• Cooking time 30 minutes.

Ingredients

1. Katla fish ( 500 gms)

2. onion paste. ( 2 medium onions)

3. Tomato puree ( 3 tomatoes)

4. Ginger-garlic paste ( 1 tablespoon)

5. 2  Dry red chilies.

6. 1 tablespoon of cumin seed.

7. 1 tablespoon of mixed melon seed ( Charmagaz).

8. Salt 

9. Turmeric powder. 

10. 1 cup of Mustard oil.

Preparation 

1. At first take small boul of water and soak all the whole spice into it ( Cumin, Dry chillies and Charmagaz) for 15 minutes. then make a smooth paste of it. keep it aside.

2. On the other hand coat the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder. keep them aside for later fry.

Cooking Method

1. At first take a saucepan to add 1/2 cup of oil and wait for the oil to become hot.

2. Then Fry the fish pieces till golden brown.

3. After frying the fishes, add 2 tablespoons of more oil into the same saucepan. once the oil is hot, add the ginger-garlic paste.

4. Saute them till the raw smell is gone. Then add the onion paste.

5. Continue to stir the onion for at least 3 minutes. when the onion became brown in color, then add the tomato puree.

6. At this stage you add salt to taste and turmeric powder.

7. Add a little bit of water if needed.

8. Next stage is, add the spices paste to the saucepan and continue to stir them till the oil is coming out from the sides. Make sure the masala is not burning. If water is required, then put it.

9. Now add the fried fish coat them with spices nicely. Cover the pan for 5 minutes. 

10. Finely add water according to how much you want the thickness of gravy. again cover the pan for another 5 minutes. When the gravy is thick, your " Katla Macher Kalia " is ready.