Description
Shorshe Mach - Delicious, juicy fish steaks float in a golden sharp, silky mustard curry with radishes and tomatoes. From Dyutima's childhood in Bengal.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Red chili powder
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds
- 6 -8 Red radish - top removed, sliced in half
- 8 -10 Cherry tomatoes - sliced in half
- 2 -3 Green chilies - whole
- 2 tbsp Yellow mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp Mustard oil for cooking
- Mustard oil for frying - as needed
- 500 G Fish - any sturdy fish cut in steak pieces or thick salmon fillet; not tuna
- Salt per taste
Instructions
- Wash and soak the mustard seeds in 1/2 cup water for 2 hours and then in a food processor blend on high speed to make a smooth paste; no lumps. The color of the paste should be whitish. Set the paste aside.
- Wash the fish pieces gently and marinate with 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp red chili powder, and salt. Set aside for 10 - 15 mins.
- Heat mustard oil in a skillet and deep fry the marinated fish pieces. Remove the fish pieces and keep aside.
- Heat mustard oil in another deeper pan and add fenugreek seeds to oil. Do not overheat and make sure they don't burn.
- Add the chopped tomato and cook till they begin to blister.
- Now add the mustard paste, 1 tsp turmeric, salt, green chilies and red radish. Cook on a medium flame till the mustard mix begins to ooze oil and the radish turns translucent.
- Add 3/4 cup water and close the lid. Cook for 5 to 6 minutes till the water boils. Simmer and gently add the fried fish pieces.
- Simmer the flame, partially cover the pan and cook with fish pieces for another 10 mins. If the water is too little, add a little more. It should be a thick curry, not watery.
- Turn gas off and serve with steamed rice.
Notes
Make sure to listen to Dyutima on The Storied Recipe Podcast, A Bold Brave Tour Through India - and Beyond! while you make her Shorshe Mach recipe!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Cuisine: Indian, South Asian
Nutrition
- Calories: 229
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 155
- Fat: 11
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Carbohydrates: 6
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 27
- Cholesterol: 63