Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, macha besara. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Macha besara (in Odia ) is a fish curry where fish is cooked with mustard sauce. Traditionally a dry mango is added for sourness taste, which gives a very unique taste to the fish curry. Pohala Macha Besara from Odisha, India
Macha besara is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Macha besara is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook macha besara using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Macha besara:
- Prepare 700 gm Rohu fish(cleaned & washed)
- Take 1 & 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
- Get 1 piece dry mango
- Prepare 1 roughly chopped tomato
- Get 5/7 piece garlic cloves
- Prepare 1 finely chopped onion
- Take 2 green chilli
- Prepare 2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
- Get 1 tsp cumin powder
- Prepare 1 tsp panch phoran
- Take 4/5 piece curry leaves
- Make ready 1 1 bay
- Take 2 dry red chilli
- Get 3/4 tbsp mustard oil
- Make ready 1 tsp sugar
- Get as needed salt
- Make ready as needed mustard oil
Besara in Odia basically refers to the mustard cumin gravy that also serves as a base for many vegetarian preparations. It is eaten usually with rice as an accompaniment. Dahi Machha Besara is liberally seasoned with turmeric, garlic, green chilies ,mustard. ABOUT Macha Besara (Fish Curry In Mustard Sauce) A Renowned Odia / Oriya Delicacy RECIPE.
Steps to make Macha besara:
- First marinate fish(here I have taken Rohu fish) with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder & salt as per taste. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
- Soak 1 & 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds & dry red chilli for 5/10 minutes. Then grind soaked mustard seed, dry red chilli with tomato, garlic cloves and make a smooth paste.
- Heat a pan add mustard oil. Shallow fry marinated fish till golden brown. Then keep aside.
- Again heat a pan add 2/3 mustard oil. Add 1 tsp panch phoran. When they starts sputtering add bay leaf, curry leaves & finely chopped onion. Fry onions till light brown.
- Then add all dry spices (turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder). Mix well everything & fry adding some water for 3/5 minutes until oil separates from masala.
- Then add prepared ground paste & stir for only 10/30 secs. Then add 2 cup water(for more gravy). Add salt as per taste, sugar, 2 whole green chilli & dry mango.Let the water boil properly.
- Then add fried fish & cook for 3/4 minutes. At the end garnish with corinader leaves.
- Switch off the gas & cover the curry leave for 5/10 minutes. Then serve hot with rice.
Many people squeeze nose whenever you take the name of fish fry or fish curry. However, did you know river fish smell less than sea water fish. Macha Besara is a famous traditional mouthwatering Oriya dish. In this fish is prepared with mustard paste. This dish contains vitamins, minerals & anti-oxidants and they are good source of dietary fiber.
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