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Shorshe Ilish

Name: Shorshe Ilish
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 600g hilsa steaks; Yellow and black mustard seeds; Green chili; Turmeric; Mustard oil; Salt

Bengal's monsoon delicacy — hilsa steamed in a pungent mustard-and-green-chili paste.

Photo: Kirti Poddar · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

30m 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

600g hilsa steaks
Yellow and black mustard seeds
Green chili
Turmeric
Mustard oil
Salt

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Soak mustard seeds; grind with chili and salt to a smooth paste.

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1
Soak mustard seeds; grind with chili and salt to a smooth paste.
2
Coat hilsa with paste, turmeric and mustard oil.
3
Steam or slow-cover cook 12 min.
4
Serve with steamed rice.