Khatti Machhi

Khatti Machhi Recipe

Ingredients

Fish (machhi), cut into medium pieces 1 kg
Curds (dahi) 1 cup
Turmeric powder (haldi) ½ tea spoon
Green chillies (hari mirch), chopped  2-3 table spoons
Green coriander (hara dhaniya), chopped 5-6 table spoons
Green cardamom ( hari elaichi) 2
Cloves (laung) 2
Salt  (namak)  to taste
Mustard oil (sarso tel) ½ cup

For Grind 1

Onions (payaz), sliced 1 cup
Ginger (adrakh), chopped 2 table spoons
Garlic  (lahsan),chopped 2 table spoons

For Grind 2

Coriander  (dhaniya) 2 table spoons
Cinnamon (dalchini) 1” piece
Mace  (javitri) 1 blade
Brown cardamom   (badi elaichi) 2
Black pepper corns (kali mirch) 1 table spoon
Cloves (laung) 4-5
Green cardamom (hari elaichi) 4-5
Kashmiri red chilli powder  (lal mirch) 7-8

For Garnishing

Green coriander  (hara dhaniya) , chopped 2-3 table spoons

Instructions

  1. Wash and clean the fish and apply turmeric powder and little salt.
  2. Grind onions, ginger and garlic to a paste (grind 1).
  3. Take the ingredients of grind 2 in a blender jar and grind it to smooth paste and keep aside.
  4. Put a pan on fire and pour oil in it.
  5. When hot, add whole cloves and cardamom and stir it for 1 minute.
  6. Then add the onions paste (grind 1) and turmeric powder and fry till the oil separates.
  7. Then gradually add the fish stirring carefully for 5 minutes.
  8. Next, add the beaten curds and the prepared spices paste (grind 2).
  9. Top it with chopped coriander and green chillies and cover it with a lid.
  10. Cook on slow flame for 15 to 20 minutes till the fish is done and the ghee floats on the top.
  11. Add salt and let it simmer for further 5-7 minutes and put the flame off.
  12. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.

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