Ingredients

• Rohu or Hilsa fish - 500 g
• Onion - 1 cup, chopped
• Ginger - 3 cm
• Garlic - 4 flakes
• Dry red chilli - 3
• Green chillies - 3
• Poppy seeds - 2 tsp
• Mustard oil - 4 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar or Jaggery powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves to garnish

How to Make Mach Masaledar (Masala Fish Curry)

• Cut fish into slices.
• Wash well.
• Apply some turmeric powder and salt to fish and wash again. (This will remove the fishy smell).
• Grind onion with ginger, garlic, 3 red chillies, green chillies and poppy seeds to a paste.
• Heat oil in a kadai.
• Add one dry chilli, mustard, fenugreek and cumin seeds.
• When they are fragrant, add the ground paste and fry well.
• Add the fish slices and fry lightly.
• Add turmeric, salt, sugar or jaggery and lime juice.
• Add about 1 cup of water and simmer till the fish is cooked and the gravy is thick.
• Serve garnished with coriander leaves.