Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry)
Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry)

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bhaja curry (eggplant fish curry). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Brits are discovering this new way to earn more income that is Changing The UK ecomony. Bhaja Curry (Eggplant fish curry) is the most authentic recipe of the bengalis mostly coming from Bangladesh. This dish is surely to be prepared in any grand event of any bengali families. The ones who have tasted this dish, knows how tempting it is, with the mouthwatering flavour of the fish combined with the eggplant, sheem and other spices. #Rina's Kitchen #EverydayRecipe #Instant recipe #GoodforHealth #ThanksforWatching If you liked this video, give it a Thumbs Up and Subscribe!

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have bhaja curry (eggplant fish curry) using 16 ingredients and 29 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry):
  1. Get 500 g Boal Fish
  2. Prepare 1 kg Eggplant
  3. Take 200 g Sheem
  4. Make ready 5-6 Onions (cube size)
  5. Get 50 g Mustard Oil
  6. Get 5-6 Green Chillies (slit from the middle)
  7. Prepare 4-5 tablespoon Ginger - Garlic Paste
  8. Prepare 1 &1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
  9. Prepare 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  10. Prepare 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder (fried)
  11. Prepare 2 teaspoon Coriander Powder
  12. Prepare 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  13. Take 4-5 Bay Leaf
  14. Get 250 g Refined Oil
  15. Get A few strands Coriander Leaves
  16. Make ready to taste Salt

Pancha Phutana (Indian Five Spices) is a colourful spice blend used in this curry. You can make this at home adding five spices in equal proportion. Mustard seeds,Fennel seeds,Onion seeds, Fenugreek seeds and Cumin seeds. To flavour the oil,this colourful blend of spices is added at the beginning before adding Veggies and Fish.

Steps to make Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry):
  1. First cut the eggplant as shown in the picture. And salt to it and soak it in water for 30 minutes
  2. Next cut the sheem in the manner shown in the picture
  3. Lets begin with marinating the fish. In a bowl take the boal fish. Then add the 4 to 5 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste and 1 & 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
  4. Then add 1 tsp of turmeric powder
  5. Add 1 tsp of cumin powder
  6. Add 2 tsp of coriander powder
  7. Add the slited green chilies
  8. Add the cube sized chopped onions
  9. Add 50g of mustard oil
  10. Add salt as per taste
  11. Then gently mix everything together, as the fish can break. After marination keep it aside for 1 hour
  12. After an hour then cook the fish.
  13. In a heated pan, add 1/4th cup oil. When the oil is hot enough, add 4 to 5 bay leaf and 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
  14. When it starts tempering. Add the marinated fish.
  15. Gently mix it.
  16. Cook for some time till the raw smell goes away.
  17. When you see oil starts leaving sides. Turn off the flame and keep it aside.
  18. Now let's cook the eggplant and sheem
  19. Compress and squeeze out the water from the eggplant. And keep it side. Compress it by taking a small quantity of eggplant in between your palms. Check the youtube link to see how it is done.
  20. In a heated pan add 1/4th cup oil. When the oil is hot enough. Add cumin seeds and bay leaf.
  21. Then add the remaining onions (cube size) and green chillies (slited from the middle). Saute it for a minute
  22. Then add sheem. Saute for 1 minute and cover the lid.
  23. After 2 minutes open the lid and saute again.
  24. Then add the eggplants. And saute for 3 to 5 minutes
  25. Then add the cooked boal fish. Fry for 3 to 5 minutes.
  26. Then add few strands of coriander leaves. And mix it.
  27. Add 1 tsp of fried cumin powder. Mix everything together. Saute for a minute.
  28. The bhaja curry is ready to be served.
  29. Serve bhaja curry with hot rice.

Mustard seeds,Fennel seeds,Onion seeds, Fenugreek seeds and Cumin seeds. To flavour the oil,this colourful blend of spices is added at the beginning before adding Veggies and Fish. This side dish can be eaten with rice and fish curry, khichri or just as a snack. Speciality in the rainy day I would like to eat this Fried Eggplant with khichri, muttun curry and mango chutney. The speciality of this Bangladeshi recipe is that, you have to use mustard oil for frying the eggplant slices.

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