Recipe: Tasty Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry)

Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry). Hey everyone, welcome back to my channel. Today recipe is bengali famous fish curry bhaja curry that is made with fish, eggplants & some more stuffs. Begun bhaja is ridiculously simple to make.

Begun is the bengali word for eggplant and bhaja means fried. It also makes a good appetizer. Eggplant also known as aubergine and baingan in Hindi is a favorite veggie of many people. You can have Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry) using 16 ingredients and 29 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry)

1. It's 500 g of Boal Fish.
2. It's 1 kg of Eggplant.
3. It's 200 g of Sheem.
4. Prepare 5-6 of Onions (cube size).
5. You need 50 g of Mustard Oil.
6. Prepare 5-6 of Green Chillies (slit from the middle).
7. You need 4-5 tablespoon of Ginger - Garlic Paste.
8. It's 1 &1/2 teaspoon of Red Chilli Powder.
9. It's 1 teaspoon of Turmeric Powder.
10. It's 1 teaspoon of Cumin Powder (fried).
11. It's 2 teaspoon of Coriander Powder.
12. It's 1 teaspoon of Cumin Seeds.
13. You need 4-5 of Bay Leaf.
14. It's 250 g of Refined Oil.
15. It's A few of strands Coriander Leaves.
16. You need to taste of Salt.

There are many recipes made with eggplant in regional Indian Cuisine. Begun Bhaja Recipe, How to make Begun Bhaja South Indian Eggplant Curry - roasted eggplant simmered in a strongly spiced curry sauce so it soaks up flavour and collapses into a delicious mush. This is a curry inspired by the famous Sri Lankan eggplant curry we love at New Shakthi Sri Lankan in Homebush (Sydney, Australia).

Bhaja Curry (Eggplant Fish Curry) step by step

1. First cut the eggplant as shown in the picture. And salt to it and soak it in water for 30 minutes.
2. Next cut the sheem in the manner shown in the picture.
3. Lets begin with marinating the fish. In a bowl take the boal fish. Then add the 4 to 5 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste and 1 & 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder..
4. Then add 1 tsp of turmeric powder.
5. Add 1 tsp of cumin powder.
6. Add 2 tsp of coriander powder.
7. Add the slited green chilies.
8. Add the cube sized chopped onions.
9. Add 50g of mustard oil.
10. Add salt as per taste.
11. Then gently mix everything together, as the fish can break. After marination keep it aside for 1 hour.
12. After an hour then cook the fish..
13. In a heated pan, add 1/4th cup oil. When the oil is hot enough, add 4 to 5 bay leaf and 1 tsp of cumin seeds..
14. When it starts tempering. Add the marinated fish..
15. Gently mix it..
16. Cook for some time till the raw smell goes away..
17. When you see oil starts leaving sides. Turn off the flame and keep it aside..
18. Now let's cook the eggplant and sheem.
19. Compress and squeeze out the water from the eggplant. And keep it side. Compress it by taking a small quantity of eggplant in between your palms. Check the youtube link to see how it is done..
20. In a heated pan add 1/4th cup oil. When the oil is hot enough. Add cumin seeds and bay leaf..
21. Then add the remaining onions (cube size) and green chillies (slited from the middle). Saute it for a minute.
22. Then add sheem. Saute for 1 minute and cover the lid..
23. After 2 minutes open the lid and saute again..
24. Then add the eggplants. And saute for 3 to 5 minutes.
25. Then add the cooked boal fish. Fry for 3 to 5 minutes..
26. Then add few strands of coriander leaves. And mix it..
27. Add 1 tsp of fried cumin powder. Mix everything together. Saute for a minute..
28. The bhaja curry is ready to be served..
29. Serve bhaja curry with hot rice..

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