HILSA -- is a Bengali delicacy that rises above all other fish preparations!! We say, 'it comes dancing up the river when it rains'....The pungency of ground mustard makes it delicious!! A grand meal is incomplete without 'Sarshey Illish' for a Bangali on a rainy day -
Ingredients
Hilsa Fish
2tsp turmeric
4 tbsps of black mustard
4-5 G chilies
3 tbspns of mustard oil
half tea spoon of kalongi/ onion seed
Salt to taste
Method
Wash and dry the fish pieces.
Soak mustard seeds in warm water for about 15 mts; grind it with 2 green chillies and salt.
Dip the fish pieces in the sauce and leave for sometime.
Heat a wok with mustard oil. Season the oil with a few g chillies and kalongi. Slowly add the marinated fish pieces slowly to the oil....and add remaining slit green chillies.
Add a quarter cup of water. Cover the wok, and cook for 5 minutes; turn the fish pieces and leave until cooked.
Serve with steaming hot rice!!
