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Doi Maach By Chef Ajay Chopra

Ajay Chopra
Doi Maach is a traditional Bengali fish curry. Chef Ajay Chopra shares the recipe for this fish curry cooked in a spicy curd gravy.

Serves

3

Cooking Time

10-15 Min

Meal Type

curry

Preparation Time

10-15 Min

Difficulty

MEDIUM

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INGREDIENTS

  • For Doi Maach

    • 4 pieces Rohu fish

    • 1 tsp salt

    • 1 tsp turmeric powder

    • mustard oil for frying

    • 4 cloves

    • 2 green cardamoms

    • 2 bay leaves

    • 2 cinnamon sticks

    • 2 onion paste

    • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

    • 200 gm curd

    • 2 tbsp besan (gram flour)

    • 2 green chillies

    • 1 tsp Bengali garam masala

    • salt to taste

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Add salt and turmeric on Rohu and coat it on all sides of the pieces.

  2. 2

    In warm mustard oil, fry the fish and remove it once done.

  3. 3

    In the same oil add spices, clove, green cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaves and let it splutter.

  4. 4

    Add Red chillies, onion paste, ginger garlic paste and saute the masala well till rawness goes away.

  5. 5

    Take curd and add besan to it and whisk it well, this will avoid in curdling of curd. Add curd to the masala, salt and mix the gravy well.

  6. 6

    When the gravy is cooked, add fried fish pieces, green chilli and cook the fish in the gravy for 5 minutes.

  7. 7

    Serve Doi Maach hot with rice.

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