Pabda Fish in Lemon Curry. A traditional Indian Bengali recipe

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Ingredients (Serves 2-4 persons)

• 450 g Pabda fish,
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder,
• 2 tsp lemon juice,
• 1/3 tsp black cumin seeds,
• green chillies (as per taste),
• 1/6 tsp hing,
• coriander leaves
• mustard oil for frying,
• salt to taste

Recipe:

• Take 450 g Pabda fish, add some salt and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder for marination and them leave them for 10 minutes
• Heat mustard oil in frying pan. Add marinated fish (2 pcs at a time) to fry them. Cover the pan with lid for 1 and 1/2 minutes. Flip the fish pcs and fry in the same manner
• Keep the fried fishes in a plate. Allow them to cool. Then 1 tsp lemon juice on each side. Gently spread the juice across the entire body of fish
• Take 1/2 tsp turmeric in a bowl. Add 1 tsp water. Mix them to create a paste
• Add 1 tsp mustard oil, 1/3 tsp black cumin seeds, 1/6 tsp hing, 1/2 tsp green chilly paste and salt to taste in a wok and heat & mix them well. Add the turmeric paste and fry them. Once the masala is blended in oil, add 2 cups of water (total 250 ml).
• When the curry starts boiling, put the fish in lemon juice in the curry. Cover the wok with lid for 10 minutes to cook the fish curry. After 10 minutes, add 3 green chillies and green coriander for garnishing

Your Pabda Fish in Lemon Curry is ready.

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