How to Make Delicious Mustard seeds hilsha fish curry

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Mustard seeds hilsha fish curry. Most popular & tasty Bengali fish Hilsa/Elish cutting & cooking traditional way using Black mustard seed. Hilsha fish is commonly known as ''illish maachh" in Bengal. It is also known as "queen of the fish".

Mustard seeds hilsha fish curry This Mustard Fish Curry recipe is sure to be a family favorite because of the mustard seeds and drops of lemon juice used here. Also, the addition of mustard in any fish preparation never lets it's taste go dull and also gives the curry an unforgettable taste that one remembers for days. Mustard seeds are from the mustard plant, which belongs to the Cruciferous plant family. You can have Mustard seeds hilsha fish curry using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mustard seeds hilsha fish curry

  1. Prepare 1 of whole hilsha fish.
  2. Prepare 3 tbsp of mustard seeds.
  3. Prepare 1.5 tbsp of poppy seeds.
  4. You need 4-5 of green chillies.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of turmeric powder.
  6. Prepare To taste of salt and sugar.
  7. It's As needed of oil.

Other vegetables belonging to this family are cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage. Though small, the mustard seed is famous. It is referred to in Christian teachings, Islam, Hinduism. In a coffee grinder or a spice grinder, combine the black and yellow mustard seeds and poppy seeds.

Mustard seeds hilsha fish curry step by step

  1. Descale and cut the fish into pieces and marinate with salt and turmeric powder.
  2. Grind the mustard seeds and poppy seeds into smooth paste along with green chillies.
  3. Now heat oil and shallow fry the fish keep aside.
  4. Add the paste and saute adding salt and turmeric powder.
  5. Add chilli Powder and mix.
  6. Now add water and boil.
  7. Add the fish and simmer.

On a trip to Bangalore, India a few years back, we met a wonderful Bengali chef named Manik Malik. He shared his very popular Bengali Fish Curry recipe with us. Fish lovers will rejoice at this delicious curry recipe made with simple ingredients and a simple process. The Hilsa fish is a species of fish in the herring family which is very popular as food fish in South Asia. It is also known by many other A dish named 'sorse illish', prepared with mustard seed paste is very popular amongst the Bengalis.