I know, many of you never tried it once nor heard about this curry even if you are Bangladeshi. This is one of the classic dishes of the Northern part of Bangladesh. During winter, you will get to see people are enjoying potato curry (we call it Alur dal) in different ways; like with green peas, egg omelets, and fishheads. It's tasty, spicy, and goes pretty well with steamed rice.
If you never tried it, here's my recipe!
- I took 250gm of Potatoes
- Two big fish heads (I used Katla fish head)
- Vegetable oil
- Two sliced onion
- Three garlic cloves
- Handful of green chili
- Two tomatoes
- Salt, turmeric powder, and mixed spice powder.
That's it. It doesn't require too many ingredients.
So let's start!
- Wash the roughly cut potatoes and boil them for 15 minutes.
- Fry the onion and garlic slices along with green chilies in vegetable oil for a few minutes.
- Add the fish heads, put salt and turmeric as needed, and cook it for a few minutes. Put a lid on and cook it thoroughly.
- Add the pre-boiled potatoes, one cup of water, and tomato slices.
- Mash the potatoes a little bit and mix them well with all the ingredients. Add some mixed spice powder and coriander (optional).
It wouldn't take long to cook the curry. As the potatoes are pre-boiled so you need to cook them along with the fish heads for a few minutes. If you do this in one step, you can add the potatoes first and cook them for 15 minutes. But in that way, the fish smell doesn't go away. So better make it a two steps process to enjoy the full delicacy.
I added a boiled egg to make it look more appealing. Also, the egg enhances the taste of the curry and goes well with the spicy taste.
I know it doesn't look very appealing but believe me, it will give you a comfortable taste of our traditional curries. Also, as we are accompanied with this curry from our childhood so it always reminds me of home.
If you never tried it, or curry this way in general; I would suggest you try it once. Who knows maybe it will be your new favorite curry!
Have a wonderful day, everyone.