Rohu Fish Curry Recipe: This recipe will satiate your taste buds

If you love fish-based dishes, then this recipe will satiate your taste buds in a masaledar manner. Be it lunch or brunch, this curry recipe can be paired with both rice and chapati.

Rohu Fish is the main ingredient of this dish and a number of different spices are also used to flavour it up.

A very special masala called Panch Phoran is used in this recipe. If you don't have readymade Panch Phoran masala, then you can even make it at home.

Just mix 1 teaspoon whole cumin, 1 teaspoon mustard seed, 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, ½ teaspoon onion seeds and 1/3 teaspoon fenugreek seeds. Now grind all these spices to make a coarse mixture and use 1 teaspoon of it in the recipe.

This yummy fish curry recipe can be served at buffets, family lunches and we assure you that all your guests will love this curry for sure.

Ingredients of Rohu Fish Curry

4 Servings

500 gm rohu fish

1 teaspoon panch phoron

1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves

1/4 teaspoon crushed black pepper

1/2 inch ginger

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

salt as required

1/4 cup mustard oil

2 tomato

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon red chilli powder

3 teaspoon garlic paste

How to make Rohu Fish Curry

Step 1 Marinate the fish

Marinate the fish with 1/2 tsp turmeric, 2 tsp garlic paste and salt as per taste. Keep aside in a cool place for half-hour.

Step 2 Make a spice masala

To make the masala, add 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds, 1/2 inch ginger piece and 1 tsp garlic paste in a blender. Grind to form a spiced masala. You can also grind the spices in a mortar pestle. Now mix red chilli powder and panch phoran with this mixture.

Step 3 Shallow fry the fish

In a pan, heat mustard oil. Gently place the marinated fish into the pan and shallow fry the fish from both sides. Once fried, take out the fish and place them on a plate.

Step 4 Fry the spice masala and tomatoes

In the same oil, add the spice mixture and fry it for two minutes. Now add tomato paste made using 2 tomatoes and mix well. Let the masala cook until the tomato masala leaves oil. This will take 8-10 minutes.

Step 5 Make a gravy by adding water

Now add 2 cups of water to the pan and bring to a boil. Cook the gravy for 4-5 minutes.

Step 6 Add the fish

Now add the fried fish to the thin gravy along with chopped coriander leaves. Adjust the salt as per taste and cook it for 4-5 minutes more.