Tag: retro bengali recipe

Kalo Jeere Diye Maach: Fish Curry in Nigella Flavored Spicy Sauce

Kalo Jeere Diye Maach: Fish Curry in Nigella Flavored Spicy Sauce

  This is a very typical fish curry, laden with prominent Bengali flavors.  

Shorshe Maach/Fish in Mustard-Chili Sauce

Shorshe Maach/Fish in Mustard-Chili Sauce

I guess I have to give in and admit that autumn has arrived. The temperature went down from the 90’s to the mid 50’s over the past weekend. Chilly mornings and evenings call in for some spicy curry, don’t you think? Here is another spicy 

Bhapa Ilish/Steamed Fish in Mustard Yogurt Sauce

Bhapa Ilish/Steamed Fish in Mustard Yogurt Sauce

The fish is steamed in a spicy paste of mustard, yogurt and hot green peppers. This is an authentic recipe from home, close to my heart, evoking bountiful thoughts of beautiful times with the recipe and the taste etched in my memories for ever.

Machher Jhal/Fish in Spicy Sauce

Machher Jhal/Fish in Spicy Sauce

Fish cooked in a spicy sauce, flavored with nigella seeds, hot green peppers and cooked in mustard oil is a recipe very close to my heart. Memories churn, my heart and body warm up, images slide by and the taste lingers as I savor the