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Sobji diye Macher Tok (Fish with Vegetable Sour Stew)

Name: How to cook Sobji diye Macher Tok (Fish with Vegetable Sour Stew) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Deepsikha Chakraborty

Sobji diye Macher Tok (Fish with Vegetable Sour Stew)

#winter Macher Tok is nothing new - it has a great place in Bengali Traditional recipes. But rwhen you punch it with a dash of vegetables, then yes, it's bit different. This is my attempt to make Macher Tok in a different way, by adding vegetables. Try the recipe and I am sure you are going to love it.

Ingredient

Food ration :

3 servings

Cooking time :

30-40 minutes

6 pieces

fish including the head (I used Rohu fish)

large potato, vertically sliced

12-15

flat beans, chopped

tomato, chopped

green chillies, slitted

dried red chillies

1/2 tsp

whole spice blend (panch phoron)

2 tsp

turmeric powder (haldi)

1 tsp

cumin powder (jeera)

1 tsp

coriander powder (dhaniya)

1 pinch

asafoetida (hing)

3/4 cup

tamarind puree (imli/tetul)

3-4 tbsp

mustard oil

As needed

salt (according to taste)

3 cups

warm water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Rub the fish pieces, including the head, with 1 tsp turmeric powder and salt.

* Step 2

Heat oil in a pan and fry them till they turn golden yellow. Remove from the oil and keep aside.

* Step 3

Heat oil again and shallow fry the potato and flat beans together adding 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and salt. Once the vegetable are little soft, remove from the pan and keep aside.

* Step 4

In the same pan heat oil again and add panch phoron, dried red chillies and green chillies and allow then to splutter.

* Step 5

Now, add tomato, 1/2 tea-spoon turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, hing and salt and stir until the tomato becomes mushy.

* Step 6

Add warm water and bring it to boil.

* Step 7

Now, add the vegetable and cover the lid. Lower the flame and cook for 5-7 minutes.

* Step 8

Open the lid and add the fish. Give it a quick mix and cover the lid again. Lower the flame and cook for 10 minutes or until the fish gets well cooked.

* Step 9

Check the consistency of the gravy. It should be a runny gravy. If you find that you gravy has thickened, add some warm water and cook for another 5-7 minutes.