Aar aloor jhol- An every day curry

Aar macher aloo diye jhol ( Aar fish curry with potato wedges)

Aar is a very tasty fish and it goes quite well with potatoes and cauliflowers.
Fish cooked in spices, flavored with radhuni seeds( As per wiki, it's called wild celery seeds in English and ajmod in hindi),hot green peppers and cooked in mustard oil is a recipe very close to my heart.

 Ingredients

• Aar fish 4 pieces
• 1 medium-sized potato cut into wedges
• 1 medium-sized tomato finely chopped
• 2-3 slitted Green chillies
• 1/2 tsp radhuni seeds
• 2 nos bay leaf
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1tsp coriander powder
• salt as per taste
• Mustard oil
• Few coriander leaves for garnishing
  

  Method

  
  

  • Wash fish pieces properly, apply salt & turmeric & keep aside.
  • Peel & cut potatoes into wedges.
    Finely chop tomato.
  • Heat oil in a deep pan & when it smokes, lower flame & fry the fish pieces well. Take out & keep aside. In the same oil fry the potato pieces well & take them out.

  

•  Now add radhuni seed, Slitted green chillies & bay leaves  to the oil & when they splutter, add the powdered masala ( turmeric, chilli,cumin and coriander podwer).Add a little salt & keep mixing & turning so they don't stick to the pan. Add the chopped tomato & fry well. 
•  Now mix in the potato wedges & saute for a while.At this point you can add fried cauliflower pieces also, it increase the taste of the curry,but i skipped the cauliflowers.
• Continue to stir until oil leaves from the masala.Add about 2 glass of water,mix well & now add the fish. Bring to a boil ,then lower flame, cover & cook for 5mins.
• . Garnish with chopped corriander leaves and serve with steamed rice.
  

  Note: you can also make this curry with cumin seeds also if radhuni seed is not available.
  This fish can be prepared with onion using tomato and ginger garlic paste. will post the recipe soon. Till then enjoy this curry with your loved ones.
  Bon appetit :)