Rohu Fish Eggs Curry

Fish recipes are very popular all over the world and in different parts of India, mostly in Bengali households, as I am from a Bengali family fish is prepared at least twice a week. I love to experiment different fish recipes with varieties of fishes, for instance, Labeo, Rohu, Katla, Hilsa, to name a few. Talking about the fishes, but have heard about having the fish eggs too. Well on this post today I'll share a recipe made of the tiny globules of eggs from the Rohu fish. These eggs from the Rohu fish are very tasty and prepared in varieties of ways. These fish eggs are most likely available before they are hatched into thousands of small fishes again.

Rohu Fish Eggs Fry

As I was talking about the Bengali New Year spread in my previous post, I've shared the recipe for 'Rohu Fish Eggs Fry'. According to the Bengali culture, it is always observed that we prepare a whole lot of fish items and other fried veggies during any festival or occasions. I just felt like sharing this too that this month is special to me in some way and April is, of course, the month welcoming the Spring too. I heard somewhere long ago that April means 'a sweetheart with a lot of new wishes and happiness.' Well, that adds up a lot more meaning to this month with the Bengali New Year, the welcoming Spring Season and my special day.

Coming to the recipe of 'Rohu Fish Eggs Curry' is a very common fish egg recipes of all time. The traditional fish egg recipes are quite different from what I have presented here, those have a little bit of complicated method of preparation. Here in this fish egg recipe, I have used very commonly available things that we normally have in our kitchen and I have also mentioned the method for preparation in step by step which is not very complicated.

I've already shared the recipe for 'Rohu Fish Eggs Fry' in my previous post. Hence going forward after frying the fish eggs here follows the recipe for 'Rohu Fish Eggs Curry' below.

Rohu Fish Eggs Curry

[Non-Veg]

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Course: Side

Cuisine: Indian/ Bengali

Serves: 4

Measuring Items: 1 cup = 150 ml ; Teaspoon

Ingredients:

1. Rohu fish eggs fried- 20
2. Onion- 2 
3. Green Chilli- 6
4. Tomato- 6
5. Potato- 4
6. Ginger- an inch
7. Garlic- 6 cloves

Spices:

1. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
2. Turmeric powder- 1 Tsp
3. Red Mirchi powder- 2 Tsp
4. Salt- 1.5 tsp (or as per taste)
5. Sugar- 1 Tsp
6. Mustard Oil - half a cup

Method:

How to prepare ‘Rohu Fish Eggs Curry’ with step by step pictures and instructions-

1. Chop the required veggies for the curry.
   
2. Heat half a cup of oil in the cooking pan. (Or you can continue cooking with the same oil which remains after frying the fish eggs)
3. Put cumin seeds into the hot oil, and let it splutter.
   
4. Then add in sliced onions, chilies, and sugar fry till onion turns brown in colour. Then add ginger-garlic paste and saute.
   
5. Now add salt and chopped potato cubes, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5 minutes.
   
6. After 5 minutes, remove the lid, add turmeric powder, Mirchi powder, and sliced tomatoes. Mix well and cover the lid again.
   
7. Simmer until the potatoes are cooked.
8. Add a cup of water and bring to boil, then slide in the fried fish eggs nuggets into the curry.

Rohu Fish Eggs Curry is ready to be served hot, you can also garnish with fresh coriander leaves and it definitely tastes super delicious. It is best combined with hot steamed rice, sprinkle a teaspoon of ghee (Clarified butter), lemon juice and a pinch of salt, and it just tastes super awesome. Prepare this easy fish egg recipe for a stupendous lunch treat or for a Sunday gala. Enjoy cooking, serving and eating!!

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