Traditional Ilish Borishali: A Hilsa delicacy from Barisal, Bangladesh
Traditional Ilish Borishali: A Hilsa delicacy from Barisal, Bangladesh

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Great recipe for Traditional Ilish Borishali: A Hilsa delicacy from Barisal, Bangladesh. Barisal is today a much more prominent port of call for the hilsa. Because its bones sometimes foreigners and kids find difficult to enjoy its taste. Locally known as Ilish, the fish has been designated as the national fish of Bangladesh.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook traditional ilish borishali: a hilsa delicacy from barisal, bangladesh using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Ilish Borishali: A Hilsa delicacy from Barisal, Bangladesh:
  1. Get 4-6 pieces Hilsa Fish
  2. Make ready 3-4 tbsp Poppy seeds/khus khus: Paste + 3 Green Chillies- Both pasted together
  3. Take 1 tbsp Mustard Paste: Yellow Mustards
  4. Get 1 tbsp Black Mustard: Paste
  5. Get 2 tbsps Fresh Coconut Paste
  6. Take To Taste Salt
  7. Prepare 1/2Cup Mustard Oil (For the entire cooking)
  8. Get 4-5 Whole Green Chillies: Slitted
  9. Prepare 1/4 Cup Plain Yoghurt: Well Whisked
  10. Take 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  11. Take 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  12. Get 1/2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  13. Make ready 1/2-1 tsp Nigella Seeds/Kalounji
  14. Get 1/2-1Cup Water (RT)
  15. Prepare 1 pinch Sugar

This website will provide you with information regarding who and what we are as well as informing you of our courses and forthcoming events. Locally known as Ilish, the fish has been designated as the national fish of Bangladesh. Hilsa, always a special delicacy in a Bengali household is prepared in many different ways. It is found in the Bay of Bengal and Padma, Jamuna, Meghna, Karnafully and other coastal rivers of Bangladesh.

Steps to make Traditional Ilish Borishali: A Hilsa delicacy from Barisal, Bangladesh:
  1. Wash the fish pieces & coat with some salt and turmeric well enough & set aside for about 15 mins time & then lightly sauté it in the sufficient mustard oil in the pan over the high flame-
  2. Take out of the pan & Set aside once done…Keep ready, rest all other ingredients…In a mixing bowl: Add in the curd & mix in it some turmeric, red chilli & kashmiri red chilli powders with some more salt
  3. Now, in the same pan: Add in the Nigella Seeds & a couple of slit green chillies- Sauté until it releases its fine aroma- Then, add into the same the Poppyseeds & green chillies paste to it, sauté- until it changes its colour slightly
  4. Add in the mixture of the plain curd & rest other ground spices (mixed altogether earlier) & keep sautéing until the raw smell goes off & it’s cooked really good for about 2-3 mins time now…
  5. Now, goes into the same: The coconut paste & both the mustards pasted together with some green chillies & salt & continue stirring continuously until the oil surfaces up
  6. Goes in the Gently Fried Hilsa Fish pieces- Add in the remaining slitted green chillies & gently coat & mix them with the gravy- Cover & Simmer it in the low flame for the next 4-5 mins time, flip its sides once in between, when it’s cooked halfway through
  7. Turn off the flame now: Add in some more mustard oil on the top & again cover the lid of the pan & let it rest on the hot oven for about 5-6 mins more before plating it…
  8. Time to dish out & serve it piping hot with a the equally piping hot steamed rice- It’s the BEST PART of this recipe & HILSA FISH…Garnish, with 1-2 pieces of slitted green chillies & a sprig of fresh Coriander Leaves…
  9. Time to enjoy and relish it

Hilsa, always a special delicacy in a Bengali household is prepared in many different ways. It is found in the Bay of Bengal and Padma, Jamuna, Meghna, Karnafully and other coastal rivers of Bangladesh. This is the perfect recipe for lunch or dinner. Do check the salt as we have already added salt while rubbing the fish and in the Mustard Paste. Barishali Ilish is a succulent Bengali fish curry which is immensely popular in West Bengal.

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