Pomfret Macher Jhal

Pomfret is a sea fish.This is a famous bengali recipe made out of this sea fish.Mach stands for fish in bengali and jhal stands for spicy/hot(though this dish is not that spicy).This is a very simple fish recipe which does not need much ingredients or time :-)You can make jhal with any other fresh water fish too,the procedure remains the same(only replace pomfret with the other fish)So if you need to make a number of dishes in a short time,you can rely on this one.It is a very common and favourite recipe in every bengali home :-)


Ingredients -
2 medium sized pomfrets
mustard(shorshe) powder
1 medium sized onion
4-5 green chillies
1 small tomato
water
turmeric(haldi) powder
salt
oil


Method -
Wash the fish well and marinate it with salt and haldi powder for atleast 2 hours.(This fish I bought was already cut and cleaned).
Soak about 3 tbspn of mustard powder in water(water should be enough to soak the powder).Add a pinch of salt to it and let it remain soaked for atleast 15min.
Heat some oil in a kadhai.
Fry the fish pieces lightly in oil for about 1-2 min and take them on a paper towel to soak the excess oil.
Now add the onions, green chillies(split) and salt.
Add the tomato finely chopped and let it cook.
Now add the mustard powder-water mix to the kadhai and let it cook for about 5 min.
Add the fish pieces and water(water just above the fish) and let it cook for 8-10 min as pomfret fish does not take much time to get cooked.
Serve this as a side dish with steamed rice.