And fish soup recipe - Bengali fish curry

Step 1: To begin making the Aar Macher Jhol Recipe, wash and clean fish pieces twice with water

Step 2: Ensure they are properly cleaned

Step 3: Add salt and turmeric powder to the cleaned fish pieces

Step 4: Marinate it and set aside

Step 5: Leave the fish marination for about 2 hours

Step 6: In a heavy bottomed pan, add the required oil and heat over medium heat

Step 7: Fry the fish pieces and fry until they turn lightly brown

Step 8: The fish pieces should be half cooked

Step 9: In the medium sized wok/kadhai, add the remaining oil and heat over medium heat

Step 10: Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and bay leaf

Step 11: Let it crackle

Step 12: Add chopped tomatoes and cook until they become mushy

Step 13: To the mushy tomatoes, add red chilli powder, coriander powder and ginger garlic paste

Step 14: Cook until the raw smell goes off and the spice powders are absorbed by the tomatoes

Step 15: Add water as per your required consistency and bring it to boil

Step 16: Once the water starts boiling, add the fried fish pieces and cook them over low flame

Step 17: Slit the green chillies and add them to the curry

Step 18: Once the fishes are cooked completely and the curry reaches required consistency, season it with salt and switch off the flameEnsure the curry is cooked over medium flame once the fish pieces are added

Step 19: If fish is overcooked, it might dissolve in the curry

Step 20: Garnish with coriander leaves and serve warmly

Step 21: Prepare Aar Macher Jhol and serve it along with Steamed Rice and Begun Bhaja for your everyday meals