Photo: Swathi Handique
Wet fish curry with aubergines, potatoes and moong dal (Macher jhol)
20 ingredients
30 min + 30 min
Serves 4
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Macher jhol is an authentic Indian dish from Bangladesh. This soupy fish stew tastes light but is packed full of flavour. I feel it’s one of those dishes you need to become accustomed to, by which time you will then crave it endlessly.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
543
Calories
26g
Protein
28g
Fat
47g
Carbs
Counts 10 of 16 ingredients — the other 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Fennel | 1/2 bulb (87g) | 27 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Nigella Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Fenugreek | not in our table | 0 |
| Mung Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | 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
- 1 tbsp brown or black mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp nigella seeds
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds
- 1 tbsp fenugreek
- 500g/17½oz thick white fish
- salt, to season, plus 1 tsp
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 200g/7oz small waxy potatoes, such as Charlotte, peeled and cut into 1cm/½in-thick slices
- 100g/3½oz moong dal ( mung beans
- 1 tsp panch phoran (see recipe above)
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tsp freshly ground cumin
- 1 tsp freshly ground coriander seeds
- 900ml/1½ pints water
- 150g/5oz aubergine
- 4-6 green cayenne chillies, halved lengthways
- 4 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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