Machh'er Jhal, shorshe posto diye-Bengali fish curry recipe with mustard & poppy

This simple machh’er jhaal (“jhaal” being the Bangla word for hot) sits somewhere between a jhol, which is a light thin curry, and a rosha or kaliya, which are more elaborate and heavy preparations. There are several variations of a jhaal-some use mustard, some don’t. Some use onions, some don’t. Even the tempering can vary depending on the fish. All of them are jhaal, i.e., hot-the heat coming either from mustard or chillies, or often both.
This particular recipe comes from our neighbour and my mother’s good friend Aditi Bhowmik. It is easily one the top five fish curries I have tasted. This Poila Boishakh, get some fresh Rui or Katla from the market and give this recipe a try.
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🌾 We've served this machh'er jhaal today with Tulaipanji (siddha). For a limited time only, Amar Khamar is offering Bong Eats viewers a small discount on all products on their website. Go to go.bongeats.com/amar-khamar, or use the code BONGEATS at checkout at www.amar-khamar.com/.🌾

[@champaghosal5754]

How well Inciya grinds the shorse posto on the shil. I'm amazed at her skills

[@annamalhotra]

So true

[@rituparnachowdhury7623]

Love how you both give credit to the person who made it.... Usually people do not do that..... Even my maa used to use sorshe posto on special occasions whilenmaking fish

[@taniahazra9096]

আমার আম্মা (ঠাকুমা) এই মাছের ঝালে লম্বা করে কাটা আলু দিত, এখন মা-ও করে ওভাবে। আর কাঁচা আমের সময়ে, সরু করে কাটা আমের কুচি। আলুর ভর্তার সাথে ওঐ মাছের ঝাল! অমৃত! ☺❤

[@sahanapaul0810]

Tried this recipe today.... Turned out to be super yummy!

[@astrid2912]

As a fellow Bengali who lives far from home your videos truly make my day

[@dallysarkar3413]

Amder aei ghoroa ranna guloke ebhabe tomra sobar samne tule dhorar jonno mon theke bhalobasha janai tomader.

[@chaitidutta2975]

অপূর্ব লেগেছে dear 👍👌

[@sulochanaguchait6423]

Mem aapnar ranna ami onek kori aapnar ranna khub khub testy hoye tnx

[@indianhindustani5505]

Love from tripura 🇮🇳. Ranna gulo besh valo

[@urmimalasinha1858]

Aditi Bhowmick looks such a universal neighbor in Kolkata

[@debaratihore8811]

My Mom cooks the same dish, it's really nice to see the recipe on your channel, it's beautifully presented ❤❤❤

[@elvisflees]

Made it last night here is New Zealand. Didn't have Rohu so, Made it with Salmon. This gravy is exceptional. Making this our regular fish recipe form now on. Thank you.

[@carolhariramani8831]

Hi Elvis. Did you use mustard oil to fry the fish?

[@elvisflees]

@@carolhariramani8831 yes I did. Fry the fish in mustard oil, then use the same oil to cook the rest of the dish. That oil retains a lot of flavours.

[@carolhariramani8831]

@@elvisflees Thank you so much. I can't wait to try it soon. What other recipes did you cook from this channel and liked it?

[@AmitPal-yf8zq]

Using Sil Nora in modern kitchen despite having all kind of food processors!!!! You are extraordinary.

[@salvesunita247]

Khup chan recap 👌👌👌

[@mousumighosh362]

Anek din por sey chotobelar..Shil Nora dekhlam..very nostalgic .Thank u dear

[@ankitimes2017]

This b a very common recipe which every household does jokhn shorse posto dutoi rannaghor e olpo poriman e thake. Kudos insiya n saptarshi for delivering it in such a perfect manner. You guys are really amazing

[@srijagupta1960]

I had tried....but instead of a tomato i tried adding a tbsp of curd...and it tasted.. awesome...

[@opalina4833]

আমার ঠাম্মা এইভাবে ভোলা মাছ রান্না করতেন।শেষে একটু ধনেপাতা দিতেন! খুব সুন্দর আপনাদের আয়োজন!

[@reetikarajpaswan]

Every Bengali household uses some version of this exact recipie!

[@ruchiRocksta]

A Bihari here. Very similar to how we make maach jhor. Truly mouthwatering

[@baisakhi994]

শীল নোরা তে বাঁটা দেখে খুব ভালো লাগলো তার সাথে রেসিপি টা ❤❤❤❤

[@saichukan]

Ma darun ranna kore kintu ei tel jhaal ta korte pochhondo kore na. Amar school e porar shomoy baritey akjon rannar mashi chhilen, onar haater machher tel-jhaal akhono thonth e lege achhe. Kintu boro hoye have never been able to recreate it. Ei recipe ta dekhe mone hochhe joddur rannar mashir moton tel-jhaal. OMG I cannot express how excited I am!!! ❤❤ baniye report korchhi toderke, dara!

[@bidishamaitra691]

Khub bhalo laglo dekhe ei macher jhal majhe majhei banai khub bhalo hoi

[@debanganasingh2345]

Tried this out, and yum! So simple to make, so satiating for the soul. A fond remembrance of home with every bite. Thanks for sharing!

[@milisaha1264]

Darun hyechilo... Sm vabe krechilam

[@arneshrao1234]

Great recipe! It's a suggestion that more such recipes from neighbours/ relatives / friends with a slight into on their technique, would add to the homeliness in a sense! Genuine suggestion! Loved the video! Keep up the great work!

[@meyergaelle8108]

Love the food in calcutta very delicious bangali fish dishes sweets😋😋

[@babilabub]

Being a fan of your channel for a long time, I can't help but relate so many Bengali dishes very similar to how my folks cook at home. My folks are from eastern Nepal (Dad's from Darjeeling) so there's a lot of similarities in our cooking. This is exactly how we cook fish at home. Mustard oil, esp the organic one from the village makes food taste to another level.

[@kalyanimookherji8834]

I've learnt to make jhaal without onion and garlic which makes the mustard and poppy paste even more important.

[@SMitra_2023]

Exactly onion and garlic is not a good combination with posto

[@Rajubose1761]

First your background music just first class . Secondly your style of cooking your love for food, passion for cooking just next level. I m from odisha when I saw your video I just order my wife to make this recipe for lunch. Thank you So special video for sehri and iftaar

[@sudiptadas4466]

I made this yummy macher jhal today & it turns out so delicious & also it’s very to make Thank You Bong Eats for sharing this simple yet delicious dishes Keep sharing ❤

[@kanizkhan3614]

I love fish curry so definitely going to try it, thanks a lot

[@ishikahazra3255]

Asadharon hoyache

[@SreemoyTalukdar]

This is a common recipe in many Bangal households, I think. We have certainly been used to cooking fish (not just katla) this way. Still, the presentation, the little tips, the small introduction... Bong Eats remains the gold standard. Oh, and one word about using shil-nora. Sadly, convenience has come at the cost of flavour and taste. Nothing beats Posto ground in shil-nora. So it was heartening to see Bong Eats make this exception.

[@souvikdeb2523]

True. Also, as you mentioned, this is a 'kaath Bangal' recipe. In my family, people rarely use only posto (unless they make alu-posto) in a dish. My mom would always mix a bit of mustard seeds to make the flavour a bit more pungent.

[@Aquilachrysaetos-iu3in]

This is not an East Bengali receipe. This is a very common receipe from Rarh region. East Bengalis learnt about usage of Posto in cooking from West Bengalis after they escaped to WB after partition. This is a West Bengali dish.

[@Aquilachrysaetos-iu3in]

@@souvikdeb2523 Bangals didn't know anything about posto. We have been making this dish in Rarh region from generations. You people didn't learn anything about West Bengal even after living 70 years here.

[@souvikdeb2523]

@@Aquilachrysaetos-iu3in ওরে বাবা, আপনি দেখছি বাঙাল-ঘটি ঝামেলা লাগিয়ে দিয়েছেন😂😂

[@SreemoyTalukdar]

@@Aquilachrysaetos-iu3in Whatever sails your boat, sir! Let's keep things civil here.

[@snehascookingtales3821]

Same recipe ami doi diyechilm ... sera hoyechilo .. 💖😊

[@baishalidey2995]

one of my favourite fish recipe. We usually cook rohu/ catla fish like this. Just add coriander leaves for garnishing.

[@baisakhi994]

Darun hoyeche ❤❤❤👌👌👌

[@rajajana9842]

Amar Ma ei ranna tai kore....ekhon ami Kori majhe majhe....!!

[@satyabratasamal9668]

I am an Odia. My mom cooks this almost every time when when papa brought fish. We call it ‘macha chadchadi’.

[@saritamahapatra940]

Being a Ghoti, I have enjoyed this recipe since my childhood, my thakumaa used to make it. Sometimes she even used to add thin slices of potatoes in this and it really tasted great. Adding posto to shorse not only enhances the taste bu it also good for people who can't digest much amount of shorse. Thanks for sharing this recipe on your channel.

[@amareshdatta]

Beautifully done

[@samprassam7974]

Today tried it thanks a lot for this simple and special recipe❤

[@sandeeps3803]

Looks Delicious!!!

[@subhasiskarmakar6730]

Presentation as always good 👍

[@pujasamanta6106]

Your videos are soul satisfying ❤

[@paramitadas7850]

Ei jhaal tai amader barite hoy piyanj rosun chhara , ma sudhu sorse posto ar tomato diyei kore , valo lage , etao ekdin try korbo ❤️

[@VikramjeetDas]

Apnara Kolkatar typical jinish gulo, jamon begun bhorta, Aloor chop, Kashmiri chop, chicken bharta, rossogolla, ittadi jinish gulor o video dite paren please.

[@Divyasree_Das]

Bong eats, as far as I have noticed your videos are perfect for beginners. I am in class 11 and all the dishes that I cook are from your channel. I've learnt each and everything (beginning from the proper way of putting in the vegetables in the kadhai to when flame needs to be kept high or low; maa and thamma tries to help out but I like to make it completely on my own ;) )from your channel, and thank you for such wonderful guidance. I've even learnt the chapati rolling from your videos and to my surprise the Radhaballabhi that I made one day was liked by all, they turned out almost round. My request to you is, please could you make a video on some of the basics? Like chapati rolling, grinding spices on the shil nora, different vegetable chopping styles, etc. Family members always help out, but with your guidance it becomes a lot easier due to the specific tricks and steps that you mention and thus we can make it completely on our own without anybody's help! I would feel very grateful if you would bring a video on this. Thank you for everything ☺️

[@dinewithnusrat]

What have you made! It looks heavenly.

[@sonimishra5547]

Mouthwatering dish

[@suparnapal1]

Hello!! Tomader recipe Ami bhison rokom follow kori and I just love it! Amar ekta request ba feedback ache for you- tomra plz gm e mention na kore jodi measuring spoons er measurement dao tahale khub helpful hoi as sokoler kache weighing scale thakena to measure. Thank you!

[@shibanikarmakar6227]

Very nice & tasty recipe ❤👌👌❤👌❤

[@neemazdilip]

Good recipe ❤🎉

[@Khaikhaianurannaghor]

Darun ❤

[@mautweety9986]

Very Delicious dish ... I love these fishes a lot my mom cooks yummy, recent years I stopped eating.. Research says, these fishes grown not with natural ways, but by using bad chemicals...which is very very harmful for humans ... I have to make with sea fishes only.

[@Tamo8]

tomar sheel nora skills ekdom fatafati

[@amitmitra3679]

Bangali der moton khawa dawa kau parwa naa ❤ Proud to be an Bengali

[@pushpitamondal1605]

আমি করেছিলাম এই রান্নাটা আপনাদের video দেখে। আমার শাশুড়িমা অন্যান্য দিন অর্ধেক রুই মাছ খান। সেদিন পুরোটা সাবাড়। ভাতের চালটাও আর একটু বেশি নিলে বুঝি ভালো হতো

[@shreyashimukhopadhay4127]

My mum makes fish curry like this. Topping it with coriander leaves.

[@arunimakar]

Eta amar Maa o kore.. darun hoy..! 😋

[@minakshinayak3233]

Love from Assam ❤

[@AditiNath1234]

Yummy😋😋

[@somdeepganguly]

It is one of the most oldest and common dishe of rhar Bangla. Every person who is from burdhaman, bankura, purulia, nodia knows how to prepare this.

[@apartmentcookery]

New subscriber here! Everything looks so good!😎

[@reshmanair870]

nice recipe. do try to make fish fry recipe of 6 ballygunj place .. they put a layer which i hv personally liked

[@randomone532]

Kalo jeera,onion,garlic,tomato,salt,sugar,cover for 5 mins, turmeric,red chilli,water,cover for 5 mins,paste fry for 1 min,hot water,green chilli,boil,fried fish,simmer on medium heat for 5 mins,finish with mustard oil.

[@BiswajitMondal-gz9kp]

Very nice

[@xzx255]

Eto aami roj kori ....😍

[@anwayeerc]

Yum 😋

[@kanwasengupta6814]

Maacher peti is love

[@arpitapaikar599]

Amar maa o ei sorshe posto diye macher jhal kore. kintu tate rosun ta dei na. baki procedire ta ekdom same. eta ekdin try korbo definitely.

[@Dilipkumar-sw7yh]

Comment kortey giye like ditey vuley gechi....ei dilam 😊

[@uzumakit5872]

This is what I signed up for in your channel

[@Thatsmallgirl263]

আমি ক'দিন আগে বাগদা চিংড়ি একই ভাবে করেছিলাম। তবে পেঁয়াজ লংকা বেটে দিয়েছে, without tomato..

[@dollyshrimali6311]

I tried this lets see how it taste

[@victormukherjee3877]

Bong Eats, will be nice if you can make some videos using Instapot and Air Fryer.

[@WhoamI-yq1md]

Ami arokom fish recipe bhalobasi, Amar sosur bari Mane Bihar side e akrokom maachh er jhal banai, jetao bes khete bhalo lage. Ektu onnorkom Bengal side er theke. Tomader ke ki janale tomra try kore dekhbe , kibhabe janano jabe?

[@Zinie43]

অনেক দিন পর মাছ রান্না করবো🤤

[@gu344]

Bason potrer sound ta emotion 😊

[@ashashreedutta1130]

আমাদের বাড়িতে প্রায়ই এই রান্না হয়.

[@nowshinahmed6736]

✌😋👌

[@jhumarpaaksala9308]

Very nice 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@atsci]

Pro tip: Posto anek daam... Postor bodole shada til ( White sesame) dite paren...Darun hoi

[@taniahazra9096]

Ei comment ta korte jachhilam. Amar ma to aluposto teo til mishiye dey ar swad er etotuku tofat o hoy na.

[@atsci]

@@taniahazra9096 Ekdom e tai

[@shyamalchatterjee5959]

Kochur sak, loti, man Bata ei recipe gulo dile bhalo hoy

[@saritamahapatra940]

One request Bong eats, can you please share a good sumptuous meal for the occasion of Poila Boishak.

[@BS-xv8lh]

Heyya Can u make an aam kasundi version of it .Like 'aam kasundi bhetki' and 'chicken'.Its summer time too so more soothing mango dishes like the classic Bengali 'Aam porar shorbot' summer drink ✨💫

[@BongEats]

Kashundi is a fermented condiment that is usually not used for cooking (even though we are seeing a lot of recipes that seem to use it in place of mustard paste nowadays). We think using a mustard powder (like Sunrise mustard powder) is a much better solution when you are in a hurry. And yes, we have an aam pora shorbot recipe coming up this summer 🙌🏾

[@puzadas6891]

I have a request.. please share "ভাঙাচোরা শুক্ত" racipe

[@gouravaich]

Hi Insiyah & Saptarshi👋, ei khunti ta amar khuuuub pochhondo.Where can I buy? And, can I buy online? Will wait eagerly for your response. Thanks a lot for your wonderful recipes, though 🙏!

[@sumaiyasharmin3708]

Apnar korai ta ki aluminum er?

[@Heerrani24]

Dada posto ta ki bad dewa jabe ,,,,,,gram ar bajare posto pawa jai na

[@siddharthabhattacharyya5142]

❤

[@jharnabiswas8000]

Good

[@shajidmughal3386]

Is this recipe very particular to those kinds of fish or can any fish be used?

[@BongEats]

You can use any fresh, whole (as in, not fillets) fish.

[@suparnapathak2061]

Tulaipanji chal kothay pabo tar link ta pele bhalo hoy. ♥️🙏🏻

[@nupurdey2876]

Gas oven ter link ta ektu pathaben ,ami apnader somosto video dekhi ebong follow kori .

[@Antariksha]

Your shil nora skills deserve another separate video 😌

[@doladas9772]

কাসুন্দি বানানো শেখাবেন? শুনেছি এক সময় আমাদের বাড়িতে বেশ নিয়ম নিষ্ঠার সাথে ঠাকুমা কাসুন্দি বানাতেন। অনেকে মিলে করতেন। ভাগাভাগি হতো। লার্জ স্কেলে। আমার দেখার সুযোগ হয়নি। তাই রেসিপিও নেই। দেখুন না সেই অথেন্টিক কাসুন্দির রেসিপি যোগাড় করতে পারেন কিনা।৷ অগ্রিম ধন্যবাদ 😊

[@rock42990]

Dear mam plz make a video of aaloo potol posto recipe It's my humble request to you

[@shilpiuday]

Hello....can you post the authentic chorchori recipe please?