Dry Bombay Duck Curry | Bombil Masala
Dry bombay duck curry is one of the easy, quick and delicious curries. Dry bombay duck also known as dry bombil or sukha bombil. A good thing about making dried fish recipes is that we don't have to buy them on the same day. We can buy and store them in air-tight containers.
Ingredients
- 4-5 dry bombil [bombay duck]
- 2 onions
- 1 tomato
- 3-4 garlic cloves
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder handful of coriander leaves
- 2 tablespoons oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
Preparing Bombil:
- Cut the bombil into medium-sized pieces and wash them under running water.
- Pat dry the bombil pieces and shallow fry them until they turn a little crisp and golden. Keep them aside. To reduce the strong smell of bombil, take a bowl of water, and add salt and lemon juice to it. Soak the washed bombil in this salt water for 5 minutes before frying.
Making dry bombil curry [Bombil masala]:
- Now, cut the onions, tomato and garlic cloves finely. You can also use garlic paste here.
- Heat the oil used for frying bombil. Add cumin seeds and Chopped garlic to it. Saute it for a minute on low flame.
- Now, add chopped onions to it and cook them until they become translucent. Add salt while sauteing onions. It helps to cook them quickly.
- Once the onion becomes translucent, add tomato to it and saute it until the tomato becomes mushy.
- Here, we have to add the spices. Add 1 teaspoon of red chili powder, half a teaspoon of garam masala and 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder. And, saute it on low flame for a minute. Adjust the amount of spices according to your choice.
- Now, add fried bombil pieces to it and mix well. Then, add 2 cups of water to it, and let it boil.
- Add freshly chopped coriander leaves and cook the dry bombil curry on a medium flame for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the flame and serve hot bombil curry with chapati or rice. If you want to prepare a dry bombil chutney, cook it until the water absorbs completely.
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