Dahi macha(fish cooked in yogurt with mustard gravy)

Name: Dahi macha(fish cooked in yogurt with mustard gravy)
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 piece Rohi Fish; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; to taste Salt; 3 tsp black mustard seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 green chilies; 10 cloves garlic; 100 gms yogurt; 1 tsp chickpeas flour(besan); 1/4 tsp nigella seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves

Subhalaxmi Samantaray @cook_17576378

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Dahi machha is a traditional Odia delicacy made of fish in a spicy yogurt based sauce. It is eaten usually served with rice..

Subhalaxmi Samantaray @cook_17576378

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Dahi machha is a traditional Odia delicacy made of fish in a spicy yogurt based sauce. It is eaten usually served with rice..

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Ingredients

2 servings

3 pieceRohi Fish
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
to tasteSalt
3 tspblack mustard seeds
1 tspcumin seeds
2green chilies
10 clovesgarlic
100 gmsyogurt
1 tspchickpeas flour(besan)
1/4 tspnigella seeds
1 sprigcurry leaves

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Steps

1

Marinate the fish with salt, 1/2 tsp turmeric and keep aside for 15 minutes.
2

Make a fine paste with mustard, cumin and garlic and green chilies. Strain through a sieve and discard the pulps.
3

Whisk yogurt with besan and salt and add to the mustard paste, Add 1 cup water to it and keep aside.
4

Heat 2 tbsp mustard oil and shallow fry the fish for 30 secs each side and keep aside. Since I donot like raw fish, i had shallow fried, but if you like you can use raw fish for cooking.
5

In the same pan, add nigella seeds, when the seeds starts to crackle, add curry leaves.
Now lower the flame and add yogurt mustard paste mixture to the pan while stirring continuously.
6

Cook till it starts to boil, then add the fish to it and slit green chilli, cover the lid and cook till the gravy becomes thick. Switch off the gas.Serve with plain rice.