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30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Rohi Machha Jhola

Name: Rohi Machha Jhola
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Odisha Indian
Ingredients: 5g Coriander Leaves; 9g salt; 5g Turmeric Powder; 120g Tomato; 250g Potato; 100g onion; 10g Ginger; 60g Mustard Oil; 12g Mustard Seeds (Black); 750g Rohu Fish; 4g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 600g Water; 15g Garlic; 3g Cumin Seeds; 1g Tejpat (Indian Bay Leaf)

Rohu fish in light turmeric-mustard gravy. Everyday Odia fish curry with steamed rice.

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Time 30 min · Serves 6 · 276 kcal · Central Odisha, Odisha

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (garnish) — 5 g

Main

salt — 9 g
Turmeric Powder — 5 g
Tomato — 120 g
Potato — 250 g
onion — 100 g
Ginger — 10 g
Mustard Oil — 60 g
Mustard Seeds (Black) — 12 g
Rohu Fish — 750 g
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 4 g
Water — 600 g
Garlic — 15 g

Tempering

Cumin Seeds — 3 g
Tejpat (Indian Bay Leaf) — 1 g

Method

Rub rohu pieces with half the turmeric and some salt. Keep for 10 minutes.
Grind mustard seeds with garlic and a little water. Grind onion and ginger separately.
Heat mustard oil until it smokes. Fry fish on both sides until golden. Keep aside.
Fry potato pieces in the same oil until light golden.
Add cumin seeds and bay leaf. Let them splutter.
Add onion-ginger paste. Fry until the raw smell goes.
Add tomato, remaining turmeric, chilli powder and mustard paste. Cook for 3 minutes.
Add water and salt. Boil until potatoes are soft.
Add fried fish. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Rohi Machha Jhola?: 276 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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