Loita maach

                  My mom prepared Bombil  or Bombay Duck , readily available in mumbai but when I got married  and shifted to kolkata , my mom in law didn't like Loita Maach, so didn't prepare the fish. No one had tasted the fish before as ma hated the texture of Bombay Duck !!! I introduced  the fish to the family.  My Ma prepared this fish in a number of ways.....

                  This tandoori  loita maach  and  Chingrir pur diye  loita maacher fry were two preparations that my  mother cooked and my mother in law learnt from me and loved .  

For tandoori Loita maach, we need Loita Maach about 500 grams, head discarded and cleaned and dried with a kitchen towel.

Smear turmeric and salt on the fish and keep aside to marinate for sometime.
  
 Then after around 15-20 minutes discard water that comes out. 

Now in a mixing bowl take the hung curd, onion paste, ginger paste, green chilly paste and garlic paste.

Mix in tandoori masala , Red chilly powder, Red tandoori colour, garam masala, and  a little salt.  Add 2 tea spoons of raw mustard oil (you may heat and then cool mustard oil to remove the strong  smell and pungency) and also the fish.

Mix all well.

Now transfer the contents to a microwave proof bowl and cook in a microwave oven till done or transfer to an oven proof bowl and cook in an OTG till reddish.

Mix chopped coriander leaves and serve.

Ingredients Used.....

Loita Maach.................................500 grams
Hung curd.....................................about 1 cup
Onion Paste..................................2 tsp
Ginger Paste................................2 tsp
Garlic paste 2...............................2 tsp
Green chilly paste.......................2 tsp
Red Tandoory colouring...........two drops(Optional)
Tandoori Masala.......................1 tsp
Red chilly powder......................1 tsp
Garam Masala............................two pinches
Salt................................................as per taste
Raw mustard Oil.........................2 tsp
Green Coriander,chopped...........2 tsp

The other dish.....Chingrir pur diye loita maach er fry is a more elaborate preparation and I will talk about it some other time.  I  never got together pictures of tandoori loita.....will add them soon.

Happy cooking!!!!