Bengali Bhetki Begum Bahar Recipe (Spicy Fish Fillets Curry)

Step 1: To cook Bengali Bhetki Begum Bahar Recipe, wash and clean fish nicely, apply enough salt, and lemon juice all over and marinate for 1 hour

Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, add beaten egg, cornflour, green chili paste, ginger paste, pepper powder, and salt

Step 3: Mix well and keep aside

Step 4: Heat a little oil in a Shallow fry pan and meanwhile, take the marinated fish fillets and dip in the egg mix one by one and shallow fry on a medium flame on both sides till deep golden in color

Step 5: Close the lid for a minute to help the fish fillet get cooked

Step 6: Then continue shallow frying without lid till deep golden

Step 7: Transfer the fried fillets on a paper towel and keep aside

Step 8: Add a little oil in a Kadai, add mace and just after few seconds, add onion paste and sauté for few minutes till rawness disappears

Step 9: Now add ginger paste and slit green chilies, and fry till the mix turns golden in color

Step 10: Add the tomato puree along with turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, Kashmiri red chili powder and garam masala powder

Step 11: Fry till cooked well and deeper in color

Step 12: Now add poppy seeds paste and cashew paste and stir well

Step 13: Sauté for another 3-4 minute

Step 14: Now add around 1/2 cup of hot water or as per required consistency

Step 15: Add salt and stir well

Step 16: Let the curry get a boil

Step 17: Simmer the flame and cook for 2-3 minutes with lid closed

Step 18: Once the curry is done, mix-in some nutmeg powder and fresh coriander

Step 19: Slide the fish fillets carefully into the gravy and turn off flame

Step 20: Serve Bengali Bhetki Begum Bahar Recipe hot with Steamed rice and Chapatis