Dahi Ruhi

Dahi Ruhi

The Gourmet God lives on Bengali's taste bud!

and it's not a bit exaggeration!

From childhood 1st meal to 'last live supper' on every occasion Bengalis have 

different dishes to celebrate!

Fish getting fried

Yummy Dahi Ruhi

Ingredients - 

600 g Ruhi fish
500 g mustard oil.
2 bay leaf, 
1/2 tsp cumin seed, 
2 dry red chili
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
2 tbsp onion paste
1 tbsp cashew+poppy seed paste
1 tbsp tomato puree
1/2 tsp dry red chili powder 
1/2 tsp kashmeri red chili powder 
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 cup yogurt (whisked well)
1/2 tsp whole Garam Masala 
2 onion (chopped big Ring)
2/3 Green chili
Salt to taste

Dahi Ruhi cooking

Cooking -

First, fry the fish well in deep oil. Mustard oil is good for Bengali fish cooking.
Heat a pan. pour mustard oil.
Add these ingredients one after one in this order and keep mixing
2 bay leaf, 1/2 tsp cumin seed, 2 dry red chili
 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 tbsp onion paste
1 tbsp tomato puree, salt to taste
1/2 tsp each, dry red chili, coriander, cumin powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder. mix well

Dahi Ruhi served

Next add
1 tbsp cashew and poppy seed paste
1 cup whisked yogurt mix slowly and stir continuously 
don't mix the whole yogurt at a time. add little and keep stirring continuously
else yogurt may get curdled!
Add little kashmeri red chili powder(optional) for nice color
add little sugar for a nice sweet-sour taste 
add little water. mix well
Now put fried fish, put on lid and cook for 7/8 minutes


Heat a pan. add oil
saute whole garam masala, onion ring, green chili
pour over fish curry


Your Dahi Ruhi is ready.
sprinkle little chopped coriander leaves and serve!

Here's is my Dahi Ruhi

Just awful tasty Dahi Ruhi

See Video Here