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Classic Bengali Fish in Broth

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  • Serves

    4 to 5

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 2005

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This is a deceptively simple Bengali fish and vegetable stew, called jhol (meaning “simmered,” or “cooked in water”). Jhol is served at the main noon meal in many households in Bengal. There’s a lot of broth, and flavors are delicate, with some heat from fresh green chiles and a little cayenne as well as from mustard oil. This is a West Bengali version of jhol, an adaptation of one that Gita made when we stayed in Kolkata (Calcutta; see Gi

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