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Bengali fish curry
Photo: Swathi Handique

Bengali fish curry

16 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 2 openrecipes

This recipe is traditionally made with mustard oil but we’ve found that a combination of mustard seeds and English mustard powder brings just the right level of heat and flavour to this simple dish.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

308
Calories
8g
Protein
2g
Fat
66g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 sea basssea bream
  • 1 tsp flaked sea salt
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2½ tsp English mustard
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 heaped tsp yellow mustard seeds
  • ¾ tsp black mustard seeds
  • ¾ tsp cumin
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 long green chillies
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • 150g/5½oz ripe tomatoes
  • 150g/5½oz rice

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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