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30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Machha Ambila

Name: Machha Ambila
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Odisha Indian
Ingredients: 5g Coriander Leaves; 3g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 30g Tamarind; 600g fish; 8g salt; 120g Brinjal; 50g Mustard Oil; 12g Garlic; 8g Jaggery; 500g Water; 120g Tomato; 4g Turmeric Powder; 3g Panch phoron; 3g dry red chillies

Sour fish curry with tamarind and tomato. Tangy Odia preparation served with steamed rice.

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Time 30 min · Serves 5 · 265 kcal · Central Odisha, Odisha

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (garnish) — 5 g

Main

Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 3 g
Tamarind — 30 g
fish — 600 g
salt — 8 g
Brinjal — 120 g
Mustard Oil — 50 g
Garlic — 12 g
Jaggery — 8 g
Water — 500 g
Tomato — 120 g
Turmeric Powder — 4 g

Tempering

Panch phoron — 3 g
dry red chillies — 3 g

Method

Rub fish pieces with half the turmeric and some salt. Keep for 10 minutes.
Soak tamarind in warm water. Squeeze and strain the juice.
Heat mustard oil until it smokes. Fry fish lightly on both sides. Keep aside.
In the same oil, add panch phoron, dry red chillies and crushed garlic.
Add brinjal and tomato. Cook until tomato turns soft.
Add remaining turmeric, chilli powder, salt and tamarind water. Bring to a boil.
Add fried fish and jaggery. Simmer until the gravy is tangy and slightly thick.
Add coriander leaves. Serve with rice.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Machha Ambila?: 265 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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