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CHOW: Recipes: Doi Maach (Fish in Spicy Yogurt Sauce … a Bengali Dish)
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Doi Maach (Fish in Spicy Yogurt Sauce ... a Bengali Dish) Recipe

By chayan
Total Time: 8 mins | Active Time: | Makes: 3-4 people

This is a popular Bengali dish . Bengal is an eastern state in India and boasts a very unique and rich cuisine quite different from the usual Indian food you might come across in general Indian Restaurants in America. This dish is originally made with Hilsa (a very popular fish among bengalees) but Salmon goes well with it too.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 lb of fresh Salmon fillet
  • 4 tsp of Mustard Oil
  • 6-8 Green chillies
  • 1 tsp of mustard seeds
  • 1 lb Yogurt (preferably regular ones .. not the non fat ones)
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Ground the mustard seeds and 2 green chillies to paste
  2. In a container beat the yogurt along with the ground mustard and add salt and sugar to taste
  3. Cut the Salmon fillet into medium sized rectangular chunks
  4. Smear the fish with a little salt and the mustard oil.
  5. sprinkle the remaining green chillies from the top
  6. pour the yogurt mixture over the fish just enough to cover them completely
  7. Keep it for 1 hour to marinate
  8. After an hour put the tray in a microwave and heat it on high for 8 mins

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COMMENT

  • Well you could use a pan and cook it (which i do often ) but I think it turns out pretty good in a microwave too . I used to do this in a microwave when I was in school .... :)

  • Coffee grinder is good for turning dry spices into powder but for grinding chilis, ginger, garlic, and/or onions into paste what I have found to work great is those small smoothie blenders. I picked one up at Macy's (Bella Cucina) for $20.

  • I actually have two grinders, one for coffee and one for spices. Be sure to wipe clean after each use, whether you use one or two lest your coffee taste lie fenugreek taste like allspice taste like cardamom... you get the idea.

  • I was excited about the recipe till microwave... really?

    to Tanq10 - I use my coffee grinder all the time to grind all sorts of seeds, including mustard.

  • Thanks for the simple recipe. How do you grind the shorshe seeds? I have a smalls Krups coffee bean grinder - cholbe?

  • Wow, really, microwave? I hate to sound ungrateful but I'm skeptical. What about a conventional oven?

  • Thanks for the memories. Shorshar Ilish maach was my favorite dish growing up in Calcutta.