Shorshe Ilish (সর্ষে ইলিশ)

Name: Shorshe Ilish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 4 pieces Hilsa fish; 3 tbsp mustard seeds, ground to paste; 1 tsp nigella seeds; 4 green chillies; 1 tsp turmeric; 3 tbsp mustard oil; Salt to taste; 1/2 cup water

Hilsa fish steamed in a pungent mustard paste sauce — the crown jewel of Bengali cuisine.

Cuisine: Bengali (West Bengal) · Style: Curry · Protein: Fish · Total time: 35 minutes · Difficulty: medium · Servings: 4 · Spice: 3/5

Ingredients

4 pieces Hilsa fish
3 tbsp mustard seeds, ground to paste
1 tsp nigella seeds
4 green chillies
1 tsp turmeric
3 tbsp mustard oil
Salt to taste
1/2 cup water

Steps

Marinate hilsa with turmeric and salt for 10 minutes.
Mix mustard paste with mustard oil, green chillies, turmeric, and salt.
Heat mustard oil, temper nigella seeds.
Lightly fry the fish on both sides.
Pour the mustard sauce over the fish.
Add water, cover and steam-cook for 12-15 minutes on low.
Serve with hot steamed rice.

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