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Dahi machi (B) (Bengali)












Ingredients

Quantity
Rohu
1 kg
Curds
1 ½ cups
Turmeric
3 tsp
Red chilli powder
1 tbsp
Onions
3
Ginger
5 cm. (2”) piece
Slat
to taste 
Garlic
1 pod
Bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves
about 2gms
Fat
2 tbsp
Green chillies
5


Clean and cut rohu fish or any fresh water fish into large pieces. Apply salt and 1 ¼ tsp turmeric. Set aside for half an hour. Shallow fry in hot oil and remove. Mix together the curds, the remaining turmeric, chilli powder, 2 onions coarsely ground and finely ground ginger and garlic. Soak fish in the curds mixture. Heat the fat. Fry remaining onion. Add whole cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, bayleaf and green chillies. Then add the fish soaked in curd mixture and allow to simmer for about 10 – 15 minutes.