WINTER SPECIAL SMALL FISHES AKA CHUNO MACH, PUTI, PIYALI MACH: IT’S FOOD VALUE

 

In winter we have plenty of fresh vegetables in our market. In other hand we can see that many venders

 are selling fresh fishes whether it is big or small. I am telling about the small fishes and its nutritional 

values. The preparation of (chuno macher chorchori) or (Puti mach bhaja) or ( piyanj koli sathe piyali 

mach) is really a dream in lunch plate for Bengalis….I think so. It helps us in many ways for our health.

Chuno mach or fishes are the mixture of varities small fishes like very small Puti, Mourola, and small 

tangra, Chanda fishes etc.

Puti mach is a fresh water fish. They are generally 3” to 4” long and have scales on its body. These 

fishes are generally taken whole along with head. Bones are chewed and thrown after sucking the juice.

 Those who are the lovers of fishes they can consume fully…truly I am telling that me and my husband did this.

PIyali fishes are mainly found in north of Bengal. It is the fish of “Atrei” river of Dakshin Dinajpur. As 

we are in Uttar Dinajpur, we get plenty of piyali fishes in local market. They have small soft scales on

 their body and have a beautiful silver tone on their upper body. Piyali fish is full of calcium and 

phosphorus.

IMPORTANTS NUTRIENTS IN SMALL FISHES AND FOOD VALUE: It is full of PROTEIN and

 VITAMIN D. It is a great source of OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID which is important for body and brain development.

It is lower the risk of heart attack and strokes.

Slower the rate of mental decline and prevent from depression.

Reduce risk of type 1 diabetes.

May help to prevent asthma in children.

Protect vision in old age.

Improve sleep quality.

Small fishes have much more nutritional value than big fishes. It plays a vital role for rapid growth and 

brain development in young children.

We cook different less spicy dishes with small fishes. You can take only fried fishes also. It is very 

crunchy and tasty with hot dal and rice. We also cook piyali fish with green spring onion; it is so tasty (I

 like it) .I add sliced tomato in it.

I use cauliflower to cook puti fish.This is a light recipe.

Happy to share it. Experiment different dishes with small fishes.

Thank you.