Machha Makhon (Fish butter)is a tasty item which requires few items and can be prepared with little efforts.


Ingredients

  • Fish - 500 gram (Rohu)
  • Butter - 1 tsp
  • Onion - 2 pieces medium
  • Tomato - 2 pieces
  • Posto (poppy seed) - 30 gram
  • Kazoo (Cashew nut) - 4 pieces
  • Mustard oil - 25 ml 
  • Cardamom - 2 pieces
  • Clove - 1 piece
  • Cinnamon - 1 piece (half finger size)
  • Turmeric powder -  half tsp
  • Red chilly powder - half tsp
  • Green chilly - 2 pieces
  • salt to taste

Process

Clean the fish pieces and mix with turmeric powder and salt. Shallow fry the fish pieces.

Make a powder from slightly roasted cardamom, cinnamon and clove. Also make separate paste of onion tomato, poppy seed and cashew nut. Do not mix the pastes.

Take a pan on the stove and add oil to it. Next as the oil becomes hot add the onion paste to it. Also add  turmeric powder, salt and red chilly powder and saute for 2 minutes. Next add the paste of poppy seed and cashew nut to it. Saute the mix for 2 minutes. Then add tomato paste and saute a little. Add one cup of water. Cover with lid and let it boil for 2 minutes. Then add fish to it and after 3 minutes add the powder prepared from cardamom, cinnamon and clove. Lastly add butter and take the pan out of stove.

Serve hot with steamed rice, fried rice or roti.      
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