Fish intestine recipe – Maachor Petu Recipe

Fish Gut Recipe or Maachor Petu Recipe is a popular Assamese dish. This dish is generally enjoyed with white rice at the beginning of the meal. A slightly bitter taste makes the recipe delicious. On the health front, fish intestines are a good source of Omega3. Omega3 is good for cardiovascular diseases.

Fish intestine recipe - Maachor Petu Recipe

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Course Main Course

Cuisine Assamese Cuisine, Bengali Cuisine, Indian

Servings 4 Person

Ingredients

  

• 100 gm Fish Guts/Intestine (Petu) of any kind of big fish ike rahu or catla
• 1 Cup Cooked White Rice
• 3 Medium Size Onion Chopped
• 10-12 Cloves Garlic Chopped
• 1 Cup Curry Leaves Crush the leaves
• 1/2 tbsp Turmeric (Haldhi) Powder
• 2-3 Green Chillies Chopped
• 2 tbsp Mustard Oil
• Salt To Taste

Instructions

 

• Keep the ingredients ready.
  
• Clean and wash the fish guts. Carefully remove a small green bag attached to the intestine. If you break the bag, the whole fish guts will taste bitter.
• Heat oil in a skillet.
• Add fish guts. Fry for a minute.
• Then add the turmeric and salt.
• Fry until oil comes out of the fish guts.
• Now add the minced onion and garlic. Mix well.
• Fry until the smell of raw garlic disappears.
• Add the chopped green chilies. Fry for 30 seconds.
• Add the crushed curry leaves. Fry again for 30 seconds.
• Now, add the cooked rice and mix well.
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of water over the ingredients.
• Fry with occasional stirring for 5 minutes.
• Your recipe is ready!

Notes

Serve hot with plain rice.

Enjoy and Bon Appétit!!