Recipe: Delicious Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui

Recipe: Delicious Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui. Bengali Rohu Fish Recipe That You Must Try! For as long I can remember, fish has been a compulsory side-dish for lunches at home. There would be rice which would be accompanied with a serving of dal or lentils, a sabji or vegetable side dish and a fish to fulfill our daily protein need.

But, it is actually the fishes that make it so tasty and appetizing.

Bhapa Rui or Steamed Rohu B hapa Rui or Steamed Rohu is a very traditional bengali recipe of cooking fish which is very healthy and gives an excellent taste..

Even you can bake in the oven and get similar result.

You can have Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui

1. It’s 7 pieces of - Rui/Rohu Fish.

2. Prepare of To fry the Fishes -.

3. It’s 1/2 tsp of - Turmeric Powder.

4. It’s to taste of Salt.

5. It’s 1 tbsp of - Mustard oil.

6. Prepare of To make the steamed Rui/Rohu -.

7. You need 2 tbsp of - Black Mustard seeds.

8. It’s 2 tbsp of - Poppy seeds.

9. Prepare 5-6 of - Green chillies.

10. Prepare to taste of Salt.

11. Prepare 1/2 tsp of - Turmeric Powder.

12. It’s 1/2 tsp of - Chili powder.

13. Prepare 1 tbsp of - Curd.

14. Prepare 2 tbsp of - Mustard oil.

15. It’s 1/2 cup of - Lukewarm water.

I steamed the fish inside my steamer.

Not only Rohu, any sweet water fish can be cooked in this method using this recipe.

This 'Bhapa Rui' (Steamed Rohu) is a super simple and super easy tasty recipe from my Maa's kitchen.

We cook this quite often as it takes very less time and results to an awesome tasty fish curry.

Steamed Rohu / Bhapa Rui step by step

1. First clean and wash fish pieces properly & pat them dry with a paper towel.Now marinate them nicely with turmeric powder and salt & keep aside for 10 minutes.Soak poppy seeds,mustard seeds,green chillies into a mixture grinder along with some salt & lukewarm water for 30 minutes.Then grind them well & make a thick mustard-poppy seeds paste..

2. Now take a bowl,Pour the mustard-poppy seeds paste into it.Add salt,turmeric powder,chili powder,1/2 cup water & curd into the bowl & mix well all together..

3. Heat the 1 tbsp oil on a frying pan and fry the marinated fish pieces lightly on both sides..

4. Grease a stainless steel tiffin box with some mustard oil.Add fish pieces into the mustard-poppy seeds paste,coat them properly with mixture.Add one tbsp mustard oil and mix well.Now transfer the fish pieces and mustard-poppy seeds paste into the tiffin box,place 2-3 green chillies on the fish pieces.Drizzle 1 tbsp of mustard oil over the fish pieces and close the lid tightly..

5. Take a wide pan,place a stand at the middle of the pan.Now place the tiffin box on the stand and then pour required water into the pan,so that the water level should cover half of the height of tiffin box. Now cover the pan with lid and steam on high heat for 5 minutes & then 15 minutes on medium heat..

6. Switch off the flame and keep on stand by the box for few minutes.After that take out the box from the pan.Carefully open the lid and serve it hot with Rice..

This requires very few ingredients to cook and most importantly can be cooked without oil too.

Fish is a mandatory side dish in a Bengali household.

Even if the main dish is something different, there has to be a fried fish dish or a simple cooked fish curry as a small side dish.

That's how much Bengalis are in love with fish.

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