Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui

Suparna Sengupta
Suparna Sengupta @suparna_sengupta
India

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Steamed Rohu or Bhapa Rui is a traditional bengali fish recipe.Bengalis are in born fish lover.Fish takes the leading role in most of the bengali families daily menu.These is a very easy to make delicious fish recipe with little ingredients,where fish pieces are lightly fried first ,then place them into the mustard-poppy seeds gravy and steam on medium heat for 15-20 minutes and serve hot with Rice.

Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui

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Steamed Rohu or Bhapa Rui is a traditional bengali fish recipe.Bengalis are in born fish lover.Fish takes the leading role in most of the bengali families daily menu.These is a very easy to make delicious fish recipe with little ingredients,where fish pieces are lightly fried first ,then place them into the mustard-poppy seeds gravy and steam on medium heat for 15-20 minutes and serve hot with Rice.

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Ingredients

20 minutes
4 people
  1. 7 pieces- Rui/Rohu Fish
  2. To fry the Fishes -
  3. 1/2 tsp- Turmeric Powder
  4. to tasteSalt
  5. 1 tbsp- Mustard oil
  6. To make the steamed Rui/Rohu -
  7. 2 tbsp- Black Mustard seeds
  8. 2 tbsp- Poppy seeds
  9. 5-6- Green chillies
  10. to tasteSalt
  11. 1/2 tsp- Turmeric Powder
  12. 1/2 tsp- Chili powder
  13. 1 tbsp- Curd
  14. 2 tbsp- Mustard oil
  15. 1/2 cup- Lukewarm water

Cooking Instructions

20 minutes
  1. 1

    First clean and wash fish pieces properly & pat them dry with a paper towel.Now marinate them nicely with turmeric powder and salt & keep aside for 10 minutes.Soak poppy seeds,mustard seeds,green chillies into a mixture grinder along with some salt & lukewarm water for 30 minutes.Then grind them well & make a thick mustard-poppy seeds paste.

  2. 2

    Now take a bowl,Pour the mustard-poppy seeds paste into it.Add salt,turmeric powder,chili powder,1/2 cup water & curd into the bowl & mix well all together.

  3. 3

    Heat the 1 tbsp oil on a frying pan and fry the marinated fish pieces lightly on both sides.

  4. 4

    Grease a stainless steel tiffin box with some mustard oil.Add fish pieces into the mustard-poppy seeds paste,coat them properly with mixture.Add one tbsp mustard oil and mix well.Now transfer the fish pieces and mustard-poppy seeds paste into the tiffin box,place 2-3 green chillies on the fish pieces.Drizzle 1 tbsp of mustard oil over the fish pieces and close the lid tightly.

  5. 5

    Take a wide pan,place a stand at the middle of the pan.Now place the tiffin box on the stand and then pour required water into the pan,so that the water level should cover half of the height of tiffin box. Now cover the pan with lid and steam on high heat for 5 minutes & then 15 minutes on medium heat.

  6. 6

    Switch off the flame and keep on stand by the box for few minutes.After that take out the box from the pan.Carefully open the lid and serve it hot with Rice.

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