Ilish er Tel Muro

Name: Ilish er Tel Muro
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 pieces Hilsa heads; 2 green chillies; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp kalonji seeds

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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When Hilsa fish is fried in smoking hot mustard oil it releases the flavours in oil and we Bengalis simply can’t abandon it there to be drained. Hence we flavour our steamed rice with the Ilish Macher tel adding the hotness of fresh green chilli. Ilish Mach Muro(Head) Bhaja (fried Hilsa), Ilish Bhaja tel (oil from fried fish) ladened steamed rice flavoured with green chilli as lunch platter is the ultimate goal of the Bong-life.

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Ingredients

10 minutes

2 people

2 piecesHilsa heads
2green chillies
1/2 tspsalt
1 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspkalonji seeds

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Do not wash the fish too much. Just once for a few seconds under running water. Marinade the fish with salt and turmeric powder. Heat mustard oil in a frying pan to almost a smoking point. Slide the fish heads into the pan and keep the heat at a medium to high. Let the fish heads crisp up on one side and then flip to cook the other side.
Take the fish out of the oil and keep aside.
2

In the same hot oil, add the kalonji seeds, green chillies and let them puff up and brown. Take them out and keep aside. Pour the oil in a bowl and keep it. Take some salt and mix the rice with the oil, crumble green chillies and have it. Enjoy the crispy Ilish Muro and Shorshe Ilish(recipe in the link)

Shorshe Ilish aka Steamed Hilsa in mustard sauce

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Shorshe Ilish aka Steamed Hilsa in mustard sauce

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ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

on November 26, 2021 08:44

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

A research chemist by profession and love simplicity. My passion for cooking and art makes me explore new things and I love pursuing them. Being a chemist, it provokes me to do experiments in my kitchen too.Follow my insta handle @titlis_homekitchen