How to Cook Delicious Bhetki (Barramundi) fish curry

How to Cook Delicious Bhetki (Barramundi) fish curry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Bhetki (Barramundi) fish curry. How to make a Bangladeshi Bhetki/Barramundi fish curry. On only my second day in the country with the help of my new friend/guide/translator Badsha Reza i. I am Reba, your home chef from Reba's Kitchen.

The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from South Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia.

This large fish is at the top of the fresh water fish food chain except for the Hilsa.

Curry it, grill it or fry it but you can't find a fault with it.

You can cook Bhetki (Barramundi) fish curry using 19 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Bhetki (Barramundi) fish curry

1. It’s 6 pieces of bhetki fish.

2. You need 3 of potatoes cut into two halves.

3. You need 1 cup of cauliflower chopped.

4. It’s 1 tablespoon of ginger paste.

5. Prepare 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.

6. You need 1 of bayleaf.

7. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds.

8. Prepare 1 of medium sized tomato puree.

9. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.

10. It’s 1.5 teaspoon of red chilli powder.

11. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.

12. You need 2 of cloves.

13. Prepare 4 of green cardamom.

14. You need 1 inch of cinnamon stick.

15. It’s 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder.

16. It’s 1 teaspoon of ghee.

17. You need 1/2 cup of coriander leaves.

18. Prepare to taste of Salt.

19. It’s as required of Mustard oil.

Curry cut: Meat is chopped into small pieces which are ready to cook, either for preparing curry or to be fried.

Whole Cleaned: Scales removed or Skin-out as appropriate.

The Barramundi fish is a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae.

It is also called as Asian sea bass, Pla kapong, Chonak, Bhetki, Barramundi perch, Giant sea perch, Lates calcarifer, Koral fish etc.

Bhetki (Barramundi) fish curry step by step

1. Marinate the fish with half of the turmeric powder and salt..

2. Heat some mustard oil and deep fry the fishes. Keep them aside..

3. In the same wok, add more oil if required. Add the potatoes and cauliflower. Add the rest of the turmeric and some salt. Fry them well. Keep them aside..

4. Add the cumin seeds, bayleaf, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon. Let them splutter..

5. Add the tomato puree and cook it for a while..

6. Add some turmeric powder, ginger paste, cumin powder, red chilli powder and fry them very well till the oil separates..

7. Add the fried potatoes and cauliflower. Fry them very well..

8. Add some water for the gravy, some salt and the sugar to balance the salt..

9. Bring it to boil. After you get the desired consistency of the gravy, add the fishes..

10. Add the garam masala powder and ghee and the coriander leaves..

11. Mix them well and remove it from the flame..

12. Serve hot..

It is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and.

Bhetki Mach er Kalia/Spicy Barramundi Fish Curry.

Doi Bhetki is a mildly spiced flavourful Bengali fish curry, where fish pieces cooked in a yogurt based gravy.

I made this fish curry with Rohu (Rui) fish previously The bhetki fish pieces are marinated in spiced mustard paste, wrapped in banana leaf individually, then slow cooked till tender to make Macher Paturi Recipe.

Generally we Bengalis make paturi using Ilish (hilsa fish), Bhetki (Barramundi fish) and chingri (prawn).