Doi Rui is an East Indian fish recipe originally submitted by Sheila Sharma from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Sheila says this about her fish recipe: In Bengali, Doi means ‘curd’ and Rui means ‘Rohu fish’. Here is a very tasty dish made with fish and curd.
Sheila has sent me a few recipe and you will find them on the site. Her recipes are so good and absolutely authentic. I have no doubt that if you love Indian food, this recipe be just as good.
The list of spices used in this recipe may look long but don’t let that keep you from making this flavorful fish recipe. If you make Indian recipes, even once in a while, you probably have most of these herbs and spice on hand in your cupboards already.
If you don’t have the ingredients on hand, it’s worth the tiny investment to get them if you love Indian food. You will use them over and over again.
This recipe for doi rui fish is not difficult at all. You simply fry the fish first and set it aside. All the spices and other ingredients to the pan and fry them together, then add the fish back to finish cooking it in the sauce that you have just created.
If you can’t get rohu fish, I suggest just substituting it for another firm fish like haddock.
It’s an easy and delicious fish recipe that I think you will really enjoy.
Indian Fish Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound Rohu fish, cut into medium-sized pieces if you want
- 1 onion
- 8 ounces curd, beaten to avoid lumps
- 1 cup mustard oil
- 2 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
- salt, to your taste
- sugar, to your taste
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 cup curd
- water
- 1 teaspoon cardamom, elaichi powder (roasted dry and ground)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, dalchini powder (roasted dry and ground)
- 1 teaspoon cloves, laung powder (roasted dry and ground)
Instructions
- Fry the fish pieces in oil with salt and turmeric powder.
- Add oil to another pan and add ginger-garlic paste, salt, sugar, turmeric powder, red chili powder. Add curd and stir nicely. There should be no lumps. Add a little water. When the gravy starts boiling, add the fried fish pieces. Add ground elaichi, cloves, cinnamon.
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