Tel Maach or Spicy Fried Fish Curry
 
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Tel Maach is a spicy fish curry, where fried pieces of fish are cooked in a mustard oil-based gravy, along with onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies.
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Fish pieces: 6-8 medium
  • Mustard oil: ½ cup
  • Chopped onions: 1 medium
  • Chopped ginger: ½ inch piece
  • Green chillies: 1 or 2, slit
  • Chopped green/spring onions: 1 stalk
  • Diced tomato: 1 medium
  • Chopped coriander leaves: 2 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
  • Paach foron: ½ tsp
  • Dried red chillies: 1
  • Turmeric: ½ tsp
  • Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder: 1 tsp
  • Sugar: ¼ tsp
  • Salt to taste
Method
  1. Sprinkle a little salt and turmeric powder over the fish pieces and lightly rub to coat them all over. Heat mustard oil and fry the fish till they become crispy. Remove and keep aside.
  2. In the same oil, add cumin seeds, paach foron and dried red chillies. When they start to splutter, add the onions, ginger and chillies and fry them till they start to get golden.
  3. Now add the tomatoes, green/spring onions, spices (turmeric, red chilli, garam masala), sugar and salt.
  4. Once the tomatoes become mushy, add the coriander leaves and the fish pieces. Gently toss the pieces so that the masala coats it properly and take off from heat after 5 more minutes.
  5. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with white rice.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/574-tel-maach-or-spicy-fried-fish-curry.html