West Bengal

Tel koi

Name: Tel koi
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 8 koi fish cleaned, or tilapia pieces fish; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 5 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp kalonji nigella seeds; 1 medium ground onion; 1 1/2 inch ground ginger; 1 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 5 slit green chilli; 1/2 tsp sugar; 2/3 cup water

Small koi fish in a fiery mustard oil gravy. Tel means oil, and it delivers.

40 minTime

31 gProtein each

hotSpice

The fish that walks2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe oily, spicy original.

The original

375kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

Tel koi as the name promises.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish8 koi fish, cleaned, or tilapia pieces

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil5 tbsp

Nigella seeds½ tsp kalonji

Onion1 medium, ground

Ginger4 cm, ground

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp

Green chilli5, slit

Sugar½ tsp

Water⅔ cup

Method

5 steps

1Rub the fish with turmeric and salt and rest 10 minutes.
2Fry the fish in very hot mustard oil until crisp. Lift out.
3In the same oil add kalonji and slit chillies, then the onion and ginger pastes. Fry until golden.
4Add cumin powder, chilli powder and a splash of water. Cook out the spices, then add the rest of the water, salt and sugar.
5Slip in the fish and simmer, covered, until the gravy coats them.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

West Bengal

Tel koi

Small koi fish in a fiery mustard oil gravy. Tel means oil, and it delivers.

40 minTime

31 gProtein each

hotSpice

The fish that walks2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe oily, spicy original.

The original

375kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

Tel koi as the name promises.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish8 koi fish, cleaned, or tilapia pieces

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil5 tbsp

Nigella seeds½ tsp kalonji

Onion1 medium, ground

Ginger4 cm, ground

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp

Green chilli5, slit

Sugar½ tsp

Water⅔ cup

Method

5 steps

1Rub the fish with turmeric and salt and rest 10 minutes.
2Fry the fish in very hot mustard oil until crisp. Lift out.
3In the same oil add kalonji and slit chillies, then the onion and ginger pastes. Fry until golden.
4Add cumin powder, chilli powder and a splash of water. Cook out the spices, then add the rest of the water, salt and sugar.
5Slip in the fish and simmer, covered, until the gravy coats them.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tel koi

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Ingredients

Method

Tel koi

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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