Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ilish (hilsa) fish curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Shorshe ilish is very popular recipe for Bengalis. It is very easy to cook. Enjoy it with hot steamed rice.
Ilish (Hilsa) Fish Curry is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Ilish (Hilsa) Fish Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ilish (hilsa) fish curry using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ilish (Hilsa) Fish Curry:
- Prepare 500 g ilish fish (cut into round pieces)
- Get 2 potatoes boiled, peeled & quartered
- Get 1 onion chopped
- Take 1 tomato chopped
- Make ready 1 tbsp onion paste
- Take 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Take 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp coriander powder
- Take 1 tsp garam masala powder
- Take 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- Get To taste salt
- Get 2 tbsp mustard oil
- Get 1 tsp sugar
Doi Bhetki Recipe (Yogurt Fish Curry). Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi Recipe (Hilsa Fish In Pumpkin Leaves). Aar Macher Jhol Recipe (Bengali Style Marinate the fish pieces with salt in a mixing bowl and keep covered for about ten minutes. Also prepare the poppy seeds paste and mustard paste by.
Instructions to make Ilish (Hilsa) Fish Curry:
- Wash the fish well and marinate with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and salt.
- Heat a non-stick frying pan/ skillet with little oil. Spread it evenly. Gently place the fish pieces and fry them from both sides until golden brown on a low medium heat. During frying, the ilish will release oil of it's own. So you need not add much oil as required to fry in the case other fishes.
- Once done, remove the fish from the pan and keep aside.
- In another pan heat remaining oil. Add 1 tsp sugar. When sugar starts to caramelize, add chopped onion and fry till brown. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and saute for few seconds. Next, add onion paste, ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, coriander powder and salt. Saute for a couple of minutes till oil starts to ooze out from the sides.
- Then add chopped tomato and cook till it is soft and mushy.
- Next, add potatoes and saute for a minute or two. Add one and half cup of water, cover and cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Now add the fried fish, stir well and cook covered for 10-12 minutes or till the curry reaches a desired consistency.
- Finally add the garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves. Cover and turn off the flame.
- Serve Ilish Fish Curry hot with plain rice.
Doi Ilish is a traditional Bengali Curd based Hilsa preparation where Hilsa or Ilish is steamed with Curd and little spices and involves hassle free cooking. Doi Ilish, needless to say, is a signature Bengali delicacy. Hilsa Fish chunks steamed with Doi or Curd is one of the popular fish preparations in Bengal. Oil content is in this fish is pretty standard to maintain healthy diet and proper meal. I had prepared this patka Ilish (hilsa) jhol (curry) quite sometime back, and the images had been in my folder since then.
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