Aloo Bilahi Maas Recipe - Assamese Fish Curry With Potatoes And Tomatoes

Name: Aloo Bilahi Maas Recipe - Assamese Fish Curry With Potatoes And Tomatoes
Prep time: 30 min
Cuisine: Assamese
Ingredients: 6 Rohu fish; or any other fresh water fish; 2 tablespoon Mustard oil; 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); Salt; to taste; 1 Bay leaf (tej patta); 2 Dry Red Chillies; slit; 1/2 tablespoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 4 Potatoes (Aloo); boiled and roughly mashed; 3 Tomatoes; finely chopped; 1 Onion; finely chopped; 4 cloves Garlic; finely chopped; 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder; 3/4 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera); 3 cups Water; 4 tablespoon Mustard oil; 4 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves; chopped

By Admin

Prep Time Total in 30 M

Course Dinner

Cuisine Assamese

Diet High Protein Non Vegetarian

Assam Fish Curry or Aloo Bilahi Maas is a fish curry simmered in a potato and tomato curry. It is tangy and mild and definitely a delightful side dish for steamed rice. There are many varieties of fish curries in Assam itself and Aloo Bilahi Maas is the easiest of them all. It hardly takes 25 minutes to prepare this delicious curry.

Ingredients

6 Rohu fish
or any other fresh water fish
2 tablespoon Mustard oil
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
Salt
to taste
1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
2 Dry Red Chillies
slit
1/2 tablespoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
4 Potatoes (Aloo)
boiled and roughly mashed
3 Tomatoes
finely chopped
1 Onion
finely chopped
4 cloves Garlic
finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
3/4 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
3 cups Water
4 tablespoon Mustard oil
4 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
chopped

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making the Aloo Bilahi Maas Recipe, marinate the fish pieces in 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and salt

Step 2

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a heavy bottomed pan and fry the fish pieces from both the sides

Step 3

Remove the fish pieces and keep them aside

Step 4

In the same pan, add the remaining oil, bay leaf, red chilies and cumin seeds

Step 5

Stir it for about 30 seconds

Step 6

Next add onion, garlic and little salt and saute it for about two minutes on medium heat

Step 7

After 2 minutes, add tomatoes and saute well

Step 8

Cook till the tomatoes are mushy and oil oozes out

Step 9

Once the tomatoes are mushy, add the mashed potatoes, turmeric powder, cumin powder and mix well till you get a thick gravy

Step 10

Add water and mix again

Step 11

Bring it to a boil and cook for about a minute

Step 12

Add the fried fish pieces, garam masala powder and salt

Step 13

Reduce the heat to medium

Step 14

Cook it covered for about 5-7 minutes till you find oil rise to the top

Step 15

Add coriander leaves and simmer for about a minute

Step 16

Serve hot

Step 17

Serve Aloo Bilahi Maas along with Steamed Rice and Egg Shoap for your weekday dinner

Step 18

To make the meal even better, serve Assamese Komolar Kheer as a dessert after your meal