Chital Macher Muitha(Chitol Fish Dumpling)

Ingredients For Muitha:

500 gm chital fish minced

1 tbsp ginger paste

1 tbsp garlic paste

1 tbsp green chilli paste

1tsp roasted cumin powder

Salt to taste

Ingredients For Gravy:

1 onion paste

Itbsp ginger-garlic paste

½ chopped tomato

1 potato(cubed)

1 bay leaf

2-3 cloves

1 cinnamon stick

2 green cardamom

½ tsp garam masala powder

Procedure For Muitha:

Mix the minced fish with ginger-garlic paste, chilli paste, cumin powder and salt. In a pan, boil some water, now wet your hands and take a small portion of the mixture, give it a round shape. Drop the balls in the hot boiling water and wait till the color changes. Take the balls out after 2-3 minutes. Using a paper towel or napkin, drain the excess water and shallow fry the muitha in a pan.

Procedure For Gravy:

Heat oil in a pan, fry the potato cubes and keep aside. Heat oil in the same pan add the cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf. Leave for a minute and then add the onion, ginger-garlic paste, stir fry till the paste becomes brown in color. Add the chopped tomato or tomato puree, salt, green chilli paste and cook till you can see oil separating out. Pour 2 cups of water, the fried muitha, fried potatoes, cover and give the gravy a boil. Garnish with garam masala powder and serve it with steamed rice.