Tomato Fish

Name: How to cook Tomato Fish - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Anamika Banerjee

Tomato Fish

This recipe is quite unique to me because, it’s my Mum’s recipe & it’s though very simple to make but has an excellent exquisite taste to last for long in the taste buds 😋💁🏻‍♀️😋

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 people

Cooking time :

30 mins

large pieces Rohu or Catla fish

each Panch-phoron (the bong special 5 spices together)

medium sized Tomato Puree (homemade)

1.5 Cups

Hot/Lukewarm water for the gravy

1 piece

Cooking Oil- Both for frying the fish & cooking the same (Vegetable/Refined Oil or Mustard Oil)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Clean the fish pieces and set aside by putting some turmeric powder & salt to it & let it sit covered in the room tempreture for 30 mins.

* Step 2

Take a wok/kadhai to fry the fish pieces by putting sufficient oil to it & keep it aside, post frying.

* Step 3

In the same oil- If the oil quantity is more then, take out a bit from that, which can be used later in preparing any other fish recipes, put the bayleaf, whole dried red chilli & the panch-phoron- Allow that to release a good smell.

* Step 4

Then add onto it- the onion paste, sauté it just for a minute or so & then add on the ginger & garlic pastes- one by one, keep sautéing for about 2 mins till it's raw smells are gone & now is time to put in the tomato purée & again keep sautéing for another 3/4 mins time until the oil separates from it.

* Step 5

If you feel that the Masala is getting dried up while continuous sautéing & might catch the bottom of the kadhai- at that point, just sprinkle a little bit of warm water and keep continuing with the ‘bhunao’ process.

* Step 6

Finally, when the oil separates- it’s time to add on sufficient hot water for the gravy of your choice (don’t put too much water to get a runny gravy), it's gravy always need to be rich and thick one & not at all runny.

* Step 7

Allow it to come to a boil, at this point- add into it, the previously fried fish pieces & dip it inside the boiling gravy and then, cover it by lowering the flame to the low-medium- You need to give at least, 8/10 mins in this process.