Tok-Jhaal-Mishti Koi /Climbing Perch cooked in spicy gravy
This is a recipe which is cooked best with fresh and big sized Koi fish or Climbing Perches. Through these are fishes with a lot of bones, yet being sweet water fish; the Climbing Perches or the Koi s are absolutely delicious.
Ingredients –
- Koi/ Climbing Perches
- Onion
- salt
- Sweet Curd/ Mishti Doi
- Mustard Paste
- Tamarind Paste
- Turmeric
- Green chili paste
Procedure –
- Slit the fishes diagonally on both sides and lightly fry them
- Fry onion paste, turmeric and mishti doi ( about one dinner spoon for 6-8 fish, properly frisked) in that oil
- Saute with salt, Green chili paste. Add the Mustard paste. Stir well
- Add the fried fish
- Add the Tamarind paste
- Once it starts boiling, put the oven off.