Koi Komola-Bengali fish curry with orange

Koi komola may at first appear to be a modern dish, an inspired take of a quirky chef; but it's not. It is a fairly old dish found in some of the oldest recipe books published in Bengali. In fact, the recipe keeps resurfacing in many recipe books, seen most recently in Chitrita Banerjee's "Bengali Cooking: Seasons & Festivals", where she recounts a memorable koi komola she tasted at her friend Nusrat's home in Bangladesh.
To us, this makes sense because (a) citruses, according to some recent genetic studies, appear to have originated in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas-present day Northeast India, Sylhet and Chittagong of Bangladesh, which would explain the diversity of citrus fruits in that area, and (b) Bengali cuisine has a whole class of dish called "ambol" where fish, fish roe, fish head are cooked with sour fruits.
Even though this dish is not an "ambol", it is more of a kaliya or jhol flavoured with orange, but the taste profile (savoury-sour-sweet) is familiar.
This recipe is best made in winter because that is the tangerine season in Bengal, and koi, the fish, are at their prime in winter.
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🌾 We've served koi komola today with Raniakanda rice from Amar Khamar: www.amar-khamar.com/products/raniakanda 🌶 The Bong Eats spices are now available at Amar Khamar. Five spice mixes, freshly ground: (1) Bengali gorom moshla, (2) shahi gorom moshla, (3) bhaja moshla, (4) kochurir torkari moshla, and (5) vegetable chop moshla! Buy online from www.amar-khamar.com/collections/bong-eats-x-amar-khamar!

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I follow your channel, goes without saying just love the show. I struggle with one very simple Bengali item! That's perfect "shada norom phulko luchi" ,I am sure you are the best to guide. Waiting for your response!

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No one can represent bengali cuisine like u guys globally....class apart!

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Absolutely true

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Who all are waiting for this to get uploaded in Bengali channel?😍

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Me 😊😊

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@rakibhossain1011 amar comment ta ki latin e lekha? Bengali channel e dekha aladai moja. Apni bujbhen na

[@euniciadebnath]

Have heard of koi mach diye komola before but never had the opportunity to try it. Thank you so much for the recipe! Will definitely be trying this next week 🫶🏽

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Love from agartala, tripura 🇮🇳

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এতো সুন্দর ভিডিও কি করে বানাবো মনে মনে ভাবি। আপনার ভিডিও দেখতে এতো ভালো লাগে তাই খুব দেখি।❤❤

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Khub e sundor laglo..a must try recipie..am your regular viewer n also subscriber. I like your vedios..darun sundor uposthapona thake proti vedio tai e...apner bangla channel tao darun lage voice over ta...keep it up..wait korte thaki next vedio r jonne..bhalo thakben.

[@misasingh6336]

I am a pure vegetarian, but I am still watching this video. Your videos are like ASMR to me; just love the BGM

[@SMCookandvlogs]

Koi komola recipe ta খুব লোভনীয় হয়েছে আপনার 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sangeetaliza]

শুভ নবর্ষ । It's a brilliant recipe! I can't wait to try this variation on Koi fish😅. Can't thank you enough for such a rare recipe & I found this on a Bengali New year😊😊

[@rheaaugustine1355]

Will this go well with any other fish like mackerel?

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Khub bhalo laglo ei recipe tar kotha jene

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Wow, amazing way of cooking…your food is always so appetizing 😻

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Looks yummy 😋. Thanks for sharing

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Love from Prague 🇮🇳

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Cooking is a Science not an Art! There is a Logic behind every steps

[@shiwinishchal]

With which fish can it be substituted, because we don't get any Koi Fish here, really loving your recipes, nice to explore other corners of India besides the North :D

[@BongEats]

You can use some kind of carp or even bhetki (sea bass).

[@shiwinishchal]

@@BongEats Thanks a lot

[@suryaceg]

Dear Bong Eats team, @ 1:32 regarding the etymology of the word "orange": Contrary to popular belief, the word actually originated from a Dravidian family language, most likely ancient Tamil. The old world fruit citron is known as "naartham kaay", which has its roots from the Tamil word, "naatram" (translated as extremely aromatic/pungent). Citron was found both in South India & in the foothills of Himalayas. Refer to this article regarding their origins > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron. Later, the word, "naartham kaay" made its way into Indo-European languages as you've shown in your graphic via Sanskrit & came back to India as "orange" with British influence. Here's a detailed Wikipedia article with proper references about the etymology of the word itself > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(word) Hoping to hear from you on this & possible correction of the same on upcoming videos about your orange delicacies :) Thanks.

[@absawa]

It's certainly a proto Dravidian word considering other fruits like ten-ga(y)(coconut), man-ga(y)(Mango)

[@sharmishthabanerjee6852]

please show Kolkata Mutton Chaap gravy and Kolkata Mutton Tikkiya gravy recipe please 🥺

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Love u guys.....and hats off

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all recipe to good but kanta chochori ekbar dekhaben ❤

[@Qrius1der]

I saw a similar recipe at the end of this bengali movie called Maacher Jhol😊

[@TheInvisibleLady-2]

I will cook this with katla today🤤

[@ixpanthom4973]

You guys can try Bangladeshi "Bhuna Ilish". It is one of the simple and delicious recipe in Southern part of Bangladesh, especially its most famous in Barishal. Best wishes from Banglaa

[@sahillaskar863]

all recipe to good but kanta chochori ekbar dekhaben

[@nabanitadhar7317]

We don't have koi maach. Can we make this using Rui maach?

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Yes, you can.

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oramge or malda ?

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Aj e tel koi krlm just kichukhm age 🥰 next eta try krbo

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Ha ha, we love Marion!

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Please give us a recipe for rui katla

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Khub sundor ❤️❤️

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অসাধারণ ❤❤❤

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All my love to this recipe! ❤

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You guys are the best❤

[@fahimnirjon7082]

Reminds of the movie ''Macher Jhol'' (2017)

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Ahaaa!!!! Class 💕

[@shahedmahbub85]

Naranja (Spanish) -> Orange. In places like Ecuador/Peru/Chile, last names can be Naranja.

[@suchitranag5198]

Very creative ❤ 😋

[@tktyga77]

What might be your favorite use of citrus in savory settings if not this dish?

[@miba182]

Akdm notun recipe amar kache. Try korbo 😍 kintu ami koi mach khai na. Pabda ba parse diye try korbo 😅

[@iiiiivvvvvyyyyyy]

I don't think it will suit with any other fish, just saying

[@soumendas1747]

এটা কি রুই বা কাতলা মাছ দিয়ে করা যায়???

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হ্যাঁ, যাবে।

[@youtubeforall6271]

Bengali version of orange chicken...... Wonder how it'll taste if i add fried panner cubes to make a veg version for my Saturdays

[@BongEats]

Pritha Sen actually makes a vegetable version of this recipe on “Rannaghare Ke?”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6OpY6RjrtF2Z5o

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জীবনে প্রথম দেখলাম যে কমলা লেবু দিয়ে মাছ ঝোল

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[@roshwall]

Art, per usual

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Great recipe.. ❤

[@soumitaghosh6244]

Opurbo. Tobe eta peak winter ey ele immediately try Kora jeto. Akhon r ato bhalo orange pabo na :(

[@SM-xq8yy]

This orange is not local to Bengal. We get a variety of mandarin oranges here.

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Misti doi recipe plzzz... Amr misti doi bana le jome na... Ba jomne khete kmn jibe dhore plz.. Amk aktu suggestion din

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Best

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5:11 - 5:14 , that part was therapeutic. ❤

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Bangla video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYuTooeKYpJ2mac :)

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[@BongEats]

Measurement gulo ekhono royeche, amader website e: www.bongeats.com/recipe/koi-komola. Ingredients shob ek jaygay ekta list hishebe dekhte ranna korar shomoy subidha hoy. Aar jodi kichu r maap adjust korte chai, website e korte subidha hoy; video ekbar release hoye gele otate kora shombhob noy. :)

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দেশি কই হলে জমে যেতো

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The worst receipe I have ever tried.Mixing fruit with fish was pathetic..I was sceptical to prepare it but gave it a try... Waste of my time and effort..Mixing anything and everything into a recipe just to promote bengali cuisine doesn't always yield results..

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Egulo to desi koi na....!!!!😢😢

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I will try to make this recipe, looks interesting.

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