Odisha

Machha besara

Name: Machha besara
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Odia
Ingredients: 6 rohu steaks fish; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 3 1/2 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp pancha phutana panch phoron; 2 dried red chilli; 6 cloves ground with the mustard garlic; 2 tbsp mustard paste; 3 slit green chilli; 1 large chopped tomato; 1 cup water

Odia fish in mustard and garlic gravy. Sharper and more garlicky than its Bengali cousin.

40 minTime

28 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Besara means mustard2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayMustard, garlic, fish. Odisha's everyday favourite.

The original

317kcalsame

28 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

40minutessame

Machha besara as Odia homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish6 rohu steaks

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3½ tbsp

Panch phoron½ tsp pancha phutana

Dried red chilli2

Garlic6 cloves, ground with the mustard

Mustard paste2 tbsp

Green chilli3, slit

Tomato1 large, chopped

Water1 cup

Method

4 steps

1Rub the fish with turmeric and salt and fry in smoking mustard oil until golden. Lift out.
2In the same oil, temper pancha phutana and dried chillies. Add the tomato and cook until soft.
3Mix the mustard paste and ground garlic with water and add. Season and bring to a simmer.
4Add the fish and green chillies, simmer covered until the gravy coats the fish.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Odisha

Machha besara

Odia fish in mustard and garlic gravy. Sharper and more garlicky than its Bengali cousin.

40 minTime

28 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Besara means mustard2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayMustard, garlic, fish. Odisha's everyday favourite.

The original

317kcalsame

28 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

40minutessame

Machha besara as Odia homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish6 rohu steaks

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3½ tbsp

Panch phoron½ tsp pancha phutana

Dried red chilli2

Garlic6 cloves, ground with the mustard

Mustard paste2 tbsp

Green chilli3, slit

Tomato1 large, chopped

Water1 cup

Method

4 steps

1Rub the fish with turmeric and salt and fry in smoking mustard oil until golden. Lift out.
2In the same oil, temper pancha phutana and dried chillies. Add the tomato and cook until soft.
3Mix the mustard paste and ground garlic with water and add. Season and bring to a simmer.
4Add the fish and green chillies, simmer covered until the gravy coats the fish.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Machha besara

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Machha besara

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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