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🐟Shorshe Ilish (Mustard Hilsa)

Name: Shorshe Ilish (Mustard Hilsa)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Bengali)
Ingredients: 200 g hilsa fish; 0.5 cup rice; 2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds; 1 tbsp black mustard seeds; 4 piece green chili; 0.5 tsp turmeric; 3 tbsp mustard oil

Authentic bengali indian dinner you can cook at home in about 35 minutes. 7 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

35 min

Serves

Per serving

720 kcal

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients (1 servings)

200 ghilsa fish
0.5 cuprice
2 tbspyellow mustard seeds
1 tbspblack mustard seeds
4 piecegreen chili
0.5 tspturmeric
3 tbspmustard oil

Instructions

1
Soak both mustard seeds 30 min; grind with 2 green chilies and salt to a smooth paste.
2
Rub fish with turmeric and salt. Heat mustard oil till smoking, then cool 1 min.
3
Place fish in pan; add mustard paste + 1/2 cup water + slit green chili. Cover and cook 8-10 min.
4
Drizzle raw mustard oil over top. Serve over hot rice — eat carefully, hilsa has many bones.

Nutrition per serving

720

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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