Radhuni - Jeere Bata R Shobji Diye Rui / Catla Maach er Jhol

Rahu Fish with Wild Celery -  Cumin and Vegetables 

This is a healthy dish made with Rohu fish or Catla fish , loads of Vegetables and with flavour of Wild Celery seeds.. enjoyed with hot steamed rice and lemon. Winter vegetable like radish, carrot, brinjal, onion stalk and flat beans with potato are preferably been used..  other vegetables like raw papaya, raw banana, beans, pointed gourd etc can also be used. 

This is my home style recipe where I add onions and garlic too.. we can avoid garlic and onion if we want.. tomato and ginger is used. 

Here I have made this dish for 2 people.. 

For the Wet Paste 

Ingredients 

1 medium size Tomato cut into pieces 

1 small size Onion cut into pieces 

1 small piece of Ginger 

5 to 6 medium Garlic cloves 

1 or more Green Chilli

1/2 tsp Wild Celery seeds / Radhuni 

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds or powder 

1/2 Turmeric powder 

1/4 tsp Pepper powder or 3 to 4 Pepper corn

Salt to taste 

Method 

Grind all the above ingredients into paste .

For the fish Curry 

Ingredients 

2 Rohu or Catla Fish pieces 

1 medium bowl of vegetables 

1/2 Radish cut into thick strips

1 small Carrot cut into thick strips 

1 medium size Potato cut into wedges 

1 long small size Brinjal cut into thick strips 

1 Onion Stalk cut into an inch length 

4 to 5 Falt beans cut into 2 halves 

1 or 2 Green chillies silt

1/2 tsp Panch Phoron 

Salt and little Turmeric powder for the fish

Wet paste 

4 tbsp Mustard oil 

Method 

Take 2 tbsp oil in a wok, heat the oil up, fry the fish with little turmeric and salt until brown in colour, remove and keep it aside. 

Add the remaining oil, once the oil heats up add the Panch phoran, let it crackle, add the vegetables and stir for 2 minutes, add the paste.. stir and cook the vegetables for 3 to 4 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups of water, cover and cook the vegetables until soft. Add the fish and let it cook for another 1 minute. Serve the dish hot with hot steamed rice and preferably Gandharaj lemon….