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| Narkel Bata Ilish (Hilsa with Coconut Paste) |
Ilish.
My favourite amongst all the fishes . No matter which way you cook and present to me it will taste the best – provided the fish is good enough.It has been costly as a matter of fact, but when I get a good one in the market I ended splurging on it. I have cooked Hilsa in a number of ways previously and a good Hilsa never disappoints the end result. This one was prepared with Narkel Bata, Posto and Shorshey and then steamed.Needless to say, the end result was heavenly. My uncle especially loved it.
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Marination Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 45 mins
How to cook it?
Ingredients:
- 4-5 Hilsa pieces. The ones without eggs are preferable.
- Coconut Paste: 2 tbsp
- Poppy Seed Paste: 3 tbsp
- Mustard Powder: 1 tbsp
- Turmeric Powder: 1 tbsp
- Mustard Oil: 5-6 tbsp
- Green Chilies: 6-8.Slit
- Salt: To taste
Procedure:
- Mix the Hilsa pieces, turmeric powder, salt and mustard oil and keep aside for 10 mins.
- Then mix the poppy seed paste, coconut paste and mustard powder with the marinated Hilsa pieces.
- Enclose all the ingredients in a sealed container and keep aside for 30 mins.
- Steam cook the Hilsa for 45 mins. In case you want to know how to prepare the set up for steaming the Hilsa, drop me a line and I will reply.
Serve with steamed rice.
