Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, macha besara. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Then grind soaked mustard seed, dry red chilli with tomato, garlic cloves and make a smooth paste. Try the Machha Besara, a staple of Oriya households this weekend. Perfect for a Sunday lunch or a special occasion, it is sure to have you going for seconds. SundayScape reader Suchitra Patra shares the recipe.
Macha besara is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Macha besara is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook macha besara using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Macha besara:
- Make ready 700 gm Rohu fish(cleaned & washed)
- Get 1 & 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
- Get 1 piece dry mango
- Prepare 1 roughly chopped tomato
- Take 5/7 piece garlic cloves
- Prepare 1 finely chopped onion
- Prepare 2 green chilli
- Get 2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp panch phoran
- Get 4/5 piece curry leaves
- Prepare 1 1 bay
- Get 2 dry red chilli
- Make ready 3/4 tbsp mustard oil
- Take 1 tsp sugar
- Take as needed salt
- Make ready as needed mustard oil
Add the tomato/mustard/garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt to it. Maccha Besar is now ready to be served with rice. In menu, they were served the food items including Baigana Bhaja, Aloo Mutter Masala (Odia style), Gucchi Paneer, Dal, Tomato Chatni, Papad, Boondi Raita, Machha Besara (fish curry in mustard paste), Roti and Rice. The leaders had Chennapoda and Rasmalai in dessert.
Instructions to make Macha besara:
- First marinate fish(here I have taken Rohu fish) with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder & salt as per taste. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
- Soak 1 & 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds & dry red chilli for 5/10 minutes. Then grind soaked mustard seed, dry red chilli with tomato, garlic cloves and make a smooth paste.
- Heat a pan add mustard oil. Shallow fry marinated fish till golden brown. Then keep aside.
- Again heat a pan add 2/3 mustard oil. Add 1 tsp panch phoran. When they starts sputtering add bay leaf, curry leaves & finely chopped onion. Fry onions till light brown.
- Then add all dry spices (turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder). Mix well everything & fry adding some water for 3/5 minutes until oil separates from masala.
- Then add prepared ground paste & stir for only 10/30 secs. Then add 2 cup water(for more gravy). Add salt as per taste, sugar, 2 whole green chilli & dry mango.Let the water boil properly.
- Then add fried fish & cook for 3/4 minutes. At the end garnish with corinader leaves.
- Switch off the gas & cover the curry leave for 5/10 minutes. Then serve hot with rice.
In menu, they were served the food items including Baigana Bhaja, Aloo Mutter Masala (Odia style), Gucchi Paneer, Dal, Tomato Chatni, Papad, Boondi Raita, Machha Besara (fish curry in mustard paste), Roti and Rice. The leaders had Chennapoda and Rasmalai in dessert. Being a coastal state, fish is one staple diet to oriya people. Macha besara is a simple yet tasty cuisine from this place. It is prepared grindng together mustard and other spieces.
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