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.
Author: Meghalee Das
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
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.
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.
Now add the tomatoes, green/spring onions, spices (turmeric, red chilli, garam masala), sugar and salt.
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.
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