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A Bengali meal without a fish dish is incomplete. Fishes are prepared in the most nutritious as well as delicious way to complement any daily Bengali meal or occasion. There are some innovative fish recipes
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| HILSA FISH WITH CUCUMBER |
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Ingredients:
Hilsa fish (4-6 piece),Coconut (60grams),Mustard paste (25grams),Turmeric powder (5grams),Grated Cucumber (125grams),Cumin seeds |
(5grams), Maida (15grams),Musrard oil (100 m.l.), Green chili (2-4),Red chili (2-4),Salt and sweet (according to the need).
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Steps:
First make a smooth coconut paste. Make a mixture of maida, mustard paste, coconut paste, green chili and mustard oil in a bowl and set aside. After washing the hilsa pieces marinate it with salt and sweet for 15-20 minutes. Heat the oil in the pan. Then give the cumin seeds and red chili into the heating oil. After 2 minutes you can put the grated cucumber, sweet and a little water into it. Stir this continuously until water will come out from the cucumber. Leave it for sometimes to dry up the water. Then put the fishes and spread the spicy mixture evenly on it in a single layer. Add the remaining masala mixture into the gaps of the fishes. Then put a lid on the pan and leave it to boil it again in a light flame. When the mixtures will get into the fishes and when the fishes become cooked then serve it with the warm rice. |
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| CHANA HILSA |
Ingredients:
Hilsa, preferably belly side (2pieces),Turmeric powder (10 grams),Lemon juice (4 tablespoon),
Dahi (150grams),Red chili whole (5-6),Red chili paste (30 grams),Mustard oil (200 grams),Chana dal paste (50 grams),Salt, sugar (according to the need)Banana Leaf (for decoration)
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Steps:
Make a mixture with red chili paste, turmeric powder, lemon juice and little mustard oil. Spread the mixture on the fishes evenly and leave it to marinate for 15-20 minutes. Heat the rest mustard oil in a pan. Fry the dal paste till it becomes dry and put it aside in a small bowl. Then cover the marinated fishes with an Aluminum foil and bake it in the oven. After that when it becomes cool then you can remove the bones as far as possible. Then put the dahi in a bowl and stir it continuously to make a smooth paste. Add salt, sweet, red chili paste and the dried, fried dal in it. Again heat the oil in a pan and put the dried chili into the heating oil. Then pour the mixture of dahi and dal into it. Put a lid on it and leave it for 5 minutes in a light flame. Then wrap off the fishes and put those on the oven proof dish. Now spread the mixture on the fishes evenly and grill it in an oven again. When it becomes brownish on top then examine it with a fork whether it is cooked or not. If that, then lay the fishes with the spicy mixture on the Banana leave to serve.
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