Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, zafrani ilish (hilsa fish cooked in milk-saffron gravy - bengali cuisine). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Zafrani Ilish (Hilsa Fish cooked in Milk-Saffron Gravy - Bengali Cuisine) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Zafrani Ilish (Hilsa Fish cooked in Milk-Saffron Gravy - Bengali Cuisine) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Ilish Maach (Hilsa Fish) is undoubtedly the most favoured and popular fish among most of the Bengali crowd. Various types of recipes can be dished out with it. Durga Puja calls for something different - a bit of a Royal touch.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have zafrani ilish (hilsa fish cooked in milk-saffron gravy - bengali cuisine) using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Zafrani Ilish (Hilsa Fish cooked in Milk-Saffron Gravy - Bengali Cuisine):
- Prepare 2 pieces Ilish Maach (Hilsa Fish)
- Get 3 tbsp. mustard oil
- Prepare 1" cinnamon stick
- Get 2-3 green cardamoms
- Get 4-5 cloves
- Get 1-2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- Get 1 onion, roughly chopped
- Get 1" ginger
- Make ready 2-3 garlic cloves
- Get 1-2 green chilies
- Make ready to taste salt
- Take 1 tsp. cumin-coriander powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Get 1-2 slit green chilies
- Prepare 1 tsp. coriander leaves, chopped
- Take 1 cup milk
- Get 1/4 tsp. saffron
Hilsa is known to be as "queen of the fish". It's a very tasty and rich fish. This is not like other fishes that are available throughout the year. Ilish Polao Hilsa Pulao Elish Polau is bengali style fish pilaf.
Instructions to make Zafrani Ilish (Hilsa Fish cooked in Milk-Saffron Gravy - Bengali Cuisine):
- Marinate the fish pieces with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder for 10 minutes. Grind the onion, ginger, garlic and green chilies into a smooth paste. Keep aside. Add the saffron to the milk and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish till light golden in colour. Drain and keep aside. Temper the same oil with bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves and cumin seeds. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add the ground paste and all the dry spices. Stir fry till the oil separates. Add the saffron-milk and green chilies. Bring it to a boil.
- Add the fried fish and simmer, covered for 2-3 minutes. Add the coriander leaves and switch off the flame. Serve with plain steamed rice.
Ilish or Hilsa is cooked in Mishti Doi and Coconut milk This popular Bengali fish pilaf has quite unique combination of earthy flavours of fresh ilish and classic taste of And finish the process by cooking fish and gravy on bed of Polao rice. Shorshe Bata Ilish Maachh or Hilsa Cooked with Mustard. Ilish Bhape or Steamed Mustard Hilsa. Doi Ilish is a traditional Bengali Curd based Hilsa preparation where Hilsa or Ilish is steamed with Curd and little spices and involves hassle free cooking. We mostly opt for Ilish Mach or Rui/ Katla (Rehu) for making this delicacy.
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