Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg – fish (catfish or tilapia)
• 1 tsp – Haldi
• 2 tsps – Red Chilli powder
• 4 to 5 – Green chillies
• 1 – Potato
• 1 – Carrot
• 10 – beans
• 1/2 cup – peas
• 6 florets – Cauliflower
• 1 – small Brinjal
• 1 – Tomato
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp – Jeera powder
• 2 tsps – coriander powder
• 1 tsp – Garam Masala powder
• Oil as required
• Salt to taste
• A dash – Lime juice

Method:

1. Clean, wash and cut the fish into medium pieces. Coat with haldi, salt and red chilli powder.
2. Then fry in oil on medium heat. Drain and keep the fish pieces aside.
3. Cut the vegetables into equal sized pieces.
4. Then take a little oil in a large vessel.
5. When it is hot, sprinkle cumin seeds and green chillies.
6. When it splutters, add the vegetables (except the tomato which should be added last).
7. On medium flame, stir fry all the vegetables.
8. When you get a nice aroma, pour water so as to cover all the vegetables, with a little extra for the fish pieces.
9. When the water begins to boil, reduce flame, add jeera powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt.
10. Then add the fried fish pieces and let it simmer on low flame.
11. Add in the tomatoes and cover the vessel. Cook until vegetables are cooked.
12. Sprinkle lime juice just before serving.
13. Tastes very good with hot, steamed rice.

Recipe courtesy of Madhu Basu