Pabda fish Bhapa with Mustard Seeds in Bengali style

Pabda Fish Bhapa with Mustard seeds is another exquisite dish made in Bengali kitchen.

Pabda fish is fresh water fish is a type of Cat Fish. Now a days almost available in Pune everywhere. It does have a single bone centrally like a sea-fish. That’s why this became one of the favorite fish of my cutiee..

Serving: 04 Person

Cooking time: 35 Minutes

What we Need:

Pabda Fish- 4 pcs. (Approx. 300 gm)
Mustard seeds- 1 1/2 Tbs
Jeera (Cumin Seeds)-2 Tbs
kalonji (kalo jire)-1/4Tbs
Turmeric-1 Tbs ( 1/2 for cooking and 1/2 for marinate process)
Green chilli-6 nos. (4 for Paste and 2 for Curry)
Mustard oil-1/2 Cup
Water-1 cup
Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. First clean the fresh Pabda fish in a running water. Then rub salt and 1/2 Tbs Turmeric on to it and keep aside.

2. In a strainer add the Mustard seeds, wash under running water then take Green chilli and Pinch of salt and grind together with Mixer Grinder. Paste should be thick not watery, so gradually add water to prepare smooth paste. Keep it a side.

3. Take kadhai and add 1/2 cup oil and Heat it up. Once the oil heated up shallow fry the fishes and keep them aside.

4. The Fish to be fried till half fry, as it will be further cooked. Keep it aside in bowl.

5. Now take the paste and add Turmeric, salt and little water and prepare gravy. Pour this gravy in the fish bowl.

6. Heat kadhai again and add some oil if no left over, add 1/4Tbs kalonji. In some seconds you will going to hear popping sound from kalonji.

7. Poured previous prepared gravy in to kadhai and add green chilli. Add some fresh mustard oil in it.

8. Cover the kadhai with a lid and let the cooking happen on medium flame for 8-10 minutes.

9. Your Pabda Fish Bhapa with mustard seeds now ready to serve. Serve it with Steam Rice.

Expert Tips

Good to add some salt for making mustard seed paste otherwise sometime, it may give some bitter taste.
Pabda fish used to spits a lot of hot oil, so during marination process you can add some oil or little green chilli paste. So, spitting can be avoided.

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