Doi Pomfret Shorshe Posto

Name: How to cook Doi Pomfret Shorshe Posto - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Doi Pomfret Shorshe Posto

#ebook/post-38 #OneRecipeOneTree This is an amazing way of cooking pomfret fish with mustard,poppy seed paste with curd.But other fish like rohu,telapia,bata to name the few may also be cooked with the same ingredients. This authentic Bengali cuisine is best enjoyed with steaming hot rice.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

250 gms

pomfret fish

2 tbsp

curd

onions chopped finely

1 tbsp

tomato puree

2 tbsp

mustard paste

1 tbsp

posto (poppy seed)paste

3-4

green and red chillies

1/2 tsp

turmeric powder

1/4 tsp

red chilli powder

1/4 tsp

kalonji (nigella)seeds

To taste

salt

1 pinch

sugar

4 tbsp

mustard oil

1 tbsp

chopped coriander

1 tbsp

lemon juice

1 cup

water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Clean and wash fish.Make slits in the fish so that masalas enter fish.Smear little salt and lemon juice and let it rest for half hour.Heat 3 tbsp mustard oil and fry fish till golden brown.Soak poppy and mustard separately in hot water for 15 minutes.Then make a smooth paste of it with 1 green chilli,curd,tomato puree and little salt.

* Step 2

Sprinkle kalonji in the remaining oil.Fry finely chopped onion golden brown.Add the fish.Add 1 cup water, turmeric,red chilli powder and salt.Boil for 2 minutes till fish is soft.Add the mustard posto paste and boil for sometime.Sprinkle 1 tbsp oil and few broken green chillies.Give it a boil and remove from flame.Garnish with chopped coriander and slit green and red chillies.Serve as a side dish with rice.