Machha Besara-Fish Mustard curry

Ingredients

• 500gm rohu or bhakur fish (ରୋହି / ଭାକୁର)

  

• 1 onion
• 1 tomatoes
• 2 red chili
• 1 green chili
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 5 garlic cloves
• 4 tablespoon mustard oil
• 3 tablespoon mustard
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• Salt to taste

Process of Cooking:

Cut the fish into small pieces and wash thoroughly.
Add turmeric powder and salt to it for marinating.
Make a paste of mustard, garlic, red chili. Cut the onion and tomato into slices.
Heat a pan and Put oil and fry the fish. Putting the pan again on medium flame take a little oil. Add cumin seeds  and mustard ½ tea spoonful each. When the cumin seeds and mustard start cracking add the sliced onions. Stir a little.
Add the tomato/mustard/garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt to it.
Also add 3 to 4 cups of water.
When the curry starts boiling add the fried fishes and boil it further for about 3 minutes.
Maccha Besar is now ready to be served with rice.