In case you remember I was fretting about our light scene at home for photographs. Well we finally got our electrician to set up the chirpy yellow table lamp which K picked for me at Ikea, Dubai.

Look at the photos which Kainaz took of tonights' rui kaalia dinner. Problem solved. And how.

I don't think that I have ever written my recipe for rui kaali, the quintessential Bengali wedding feast dish.
So here are the instructions (translated into English from my Bengali Hindi) I gave Banu, my sous chef and maid, this afternoon.
Look at the photos which Kainaz took of tonights' rui kaalia dinner. Problem solved. And how.
I don't think that I have ever written my recipe for rui kaali, the quintessential Bengali wedding feast dish.
So here are the instructions (translated into English from my Bengali Hindi) I gave Banu, my sous chef and maid, this afternoon.
- Cut two potatoes into cubes and par boil them
- Take five pieces of rui
- Smear both of the above with turmeric salt and chilly powder and fry them and set aside
- Make a masala paste of a tea spoon each turmeric, jeera (cummin) and dhaniya (coriander) powders and half a tea spoon each of red chilly poder and garam masala powder and sugar with a bit of water
Curry:
- Take a bit of oil in a pan
- Once heated, add some white jeera (cummin) seeds, whole garam masalas, dry red chillies and bay leaves and let them roast
- Add half a ground onion/ shallot and toss till it becomes brown
- Add a tea spoon of ginger paste
- Add half a ground tomato and let this cook
- Add the masala paste to onion, tomato, ginger mix
- Stir, add 2 small cups of water
- Bring the sauce to boil
- Add the fish and potatoes to the sauce
- Add salt
- Let it boil on high flame for 3,4 minutes and then simmer on low flame for 7,10 minutes
- Garnish with coriander and split green chillies
- Serve with steamed rice
Pushpa and her mom out did themselves with the fish this time. The rui was from a seven kilo whopper, juicy like a hot piece of gossip.
Comments
The fish looks delicious - have had rui just once and loved it!
The fish looks awesome, we prepare it same way, dont call it the same though...
Hey Malar curries without potatoes are unthinkable. i think we are closet Russians
Hi Ryan, do let me know if you get the number of the genie. There are so many lip smacking pics on the web...including in the site of some of the folks who have commented here
Miri, Pinku, I am not a big fish eater too but have a soft spot for rui. This was a vintage cut
Sharmila, i am sure you have made kaalia and many more magical stuff with your catch by now ...eagerly waiting
L A... hope Flurys reaches you soon
Rhea...thanks, it was quite tasty :)
Sandeepa, it was byapok indeed:) I trust Pushpa and mama p so much that I just call, ask them what they have and ask them to cut and keep it for me. Never gone wrong