Red snapper is one of the most popular types of fishes eaten in Italy and all over the world.Although Italians are big on pasta, meatballs and pizzas but once you are in the coastal areas like Tuscany, seafood reigns supreme.Transfer to serving plates and garnish with olives and parsley.Place the fish gently in a baking dish along with the sauces.Let the fish cook for 5 minutes in the pan and remove from heat.Season the fish with salt and pepper to taste.Add the marinara sauce and along with the pomegranate juice.Place the red snapper fillets in the pan with the skin side down.

Add the olives, garlic and capers and continue stirring for another 3-5 minutes.

Add the chopped onion and let it cook until it is soft and translucent.

In a large pan over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil for a minute.

Here are few Bengali Fish recipes that you can try. Yes you can! If pomfret is unavailable you can make it with salmon, rohu, sea bass, basa fish. Can I use any other fish if I can not find Pomfret? If you find large fish you can slice it into pieces. I have used medium to small sized pomfret so have just cleaned the guts and kept it whole and made some slits. This pomfret macher jhal is very easy to make. Let’s check out what the ingredients used are. What are the ingredients used to prepare Bengali pomfret macher tel jhal?

Hot steaming rice along with this curry and I am sorted. All I wanted to do was get back home, prepare this spicy pomfret macher jhal and consume it all by myself. My happiness and excitement had no bounds. I on the other hand am a diehard fish lover but due to non availability of fresh Indian fish and the Mr, my consumption of the same has reduced a lot.īut last week I laid my hands on some gorgeous Silver pomfret/paplet fish. Hence you don’t see many fish recipes on my blog. “ Macher Jhal” refer to spicy fish curry in Bengali, a soul food of every Bengali (except for my husband 🙄). Serve this pomfret curry with rice to make a perfect weeknight meal. It is easy to make and takes less than 30 minutes.

Pomfret Macher Jhal (Bengali Pomfret Curry) is a spicy and lip-smacking onion-tomato based Bengali fish curry flavoured with nigella seeds (kalo jeera), garlic and green chillies.

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