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Doi Machch Recipe
An easy to make traditional Bengali fish, cooked in curd. Best served with plain rice.
- Total Cook Time 40 mins
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time 30 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Easy
Ingredients of Doi Machch
- 500 gm fish (Rohu/Carp)-sliced into desired sized pieces; washed, wiped and rubbed
- A pinch of turmeric
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup curd
- 3 Tbsp onion paste
- 1 Tbsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 4 Tbsp mustard oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 cloves
- 4 cardamoms
- 1 tsp cinnamon-broken
- 1 Tbsp sugar
How to Make Doi Machch
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1. Mix together the curd, onion, ginger, garlic, chilli powder, turmeric and keep aside.
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2. Heat oil and fry the fish over high heat till brown. Lift fish out of oil and keep aside.
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3. In the same oil, add the bay leaves, cumin, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon. When the seeds splutter, add the curd mixture and saute till fat separates.
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4. Add the fish and saute till cooked through, add sugar and salt and serve hot.