7 Illish Easy Recipes You should Not Miss
Illish Maach is an emotion of every Bengali. River Padma illish is world famous. In this monsoon season, we can find cravings for illish fish in everybody
Illish Maach is an emotion of every Bengali. River Padma illish is world famous. In this monsoon season, we can find cravings for illish fish in everybody. We Bengalis can prepare a lot of variety of illish recipes. Illish is also known as Hilsa. This illish fish belongs to the family of Clupeidae. Illish is the national fish of Bangladesh. The Bengalis make a curry of illish with mustard oil and mustard seeds and chili, which is very popular. Illish is a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids. There are 50 different recipes in which illish can be prepared. In any of the Bengali traditional festivals recipe of Illish is a must. Illish is also called the queen of fishes. Illish is a very soft fish and the taste of the fish is just delicious if it is cooked in our Bengali style then it is just a delicacy. so some famous recipes of illish are given here.
Here are a 7 variety of famous illish recipes that you can prepare at home.
ILLISH MACHER TEL JOL
This is a very easy recipe for Bengal’s famous Hilsa fish. Just a few ingredients are needed to prepare this delicious fish recipe. You can serve this recipe with hot steamed rice. Hilsa is a fish that is prepared for any special occasion for Bengalis.
ILLISH MACHER TEL JHOL
This is a simple and delicious recipe of illish fish.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 1 brinjal cut in cubes
- 4 tablespoon mustard oil
- 6 green chili
- 1 teaspoon nigella seeds
- 2 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is take the fish in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of turmeric powder in it.
- Mix them properly with the fish and let them marinate.
- Now heat oil in a pan and fry the brinjal cubes till the color turns golden brown and keep them aside.Â
- Next, add the fish to the oil and fry them for 2 minutes on both sides.
- Fry the fish very lightly. Keep the fried fish aside.
- Now add the nigella seeds to the oil to temper.
- Next add the split green chili, salt, red chili powder, sugar, and turmeric, and stir them nicely.
- Next, add 2 cups of water to the pan and let the water boil.
- When the water starts boiling add the brinjal and the illish fish to the pan.
- Stir them slightly. cover the lid of the pan and let them simmer for about 5 minutes on low flame.
- Our delicious illish recipe is ready to be served.
Notes
- Do not over-fry the fish.Â
- Garnish the recipe with some coriander leaves.
SHORSHE ILLISH
This is a very special recipe of Iliish made with mustard seeds. This recipe can be served with hot steamed rice. This a very famous recipe for Hilsa fish. This recipe is prepared on special occasions of the Bengalis.
SORSHA ILLISH
This recipe is a combination of mustard seeds with Hilsa fish. The taste is just awsome with steamed rice.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon red chili powder
- 5 tablespoon mustard seeds
- 4 green chili
- 1 teaspoon nigella seeds
- 2 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is soak the mustard seeds in water for about 30 minutes.
- Now take the fish in a bowl and add a pinch of salt and turmeric powder and mix them with the illish very nicely and keep them aside.
- Next, after 30 minutes drain the water of the seeds and then put the seeds in a blender and half cup of water and 2 green chilies and blend the seeds to a smooth paste.
- Next, put oil in a pan and add the nigella seeds and 1 green chili to the oil.
- Next, add the mustard paste to the pan and stir the mixture for about 5 minutes.
- Now add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, and green chili to the pan and stir them very nicely.
- Now add the illish fish to the pan and add 1 cup of water to the pan.
- Add the leftover green chili and cover the lid of the pan and let them simmer for about 10 minutes on low flame.
- Our recipe is ready to be served.
Notes
- You can add green chili according to your taste.
- While blending the mustard seeds add 2 green chili with it, so that the bitter taste of the mustard goes away.
ILLISH PATURI
This is a recipe that is prepared in Steam. The hilsa fish is folded in banana leaves, Mixed with mustard paste, and then steamed. The recipe is too delicious. If the Hilsa fish contains egg then the recipe becomes just outstanding.
IILISH PATURI
The main ingredient needed in this recipe is mustard seeds. The hilsa fish is folded in banana leaves and steamed.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 5 tablespoon mustard seeds
- 4 pieces green chili
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 4 tablespoon mustard oil
- 4 banana leaves
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is soak the mustard seeds in water for about 2 hours.
- Next, drain the water of the mustard seeds and add the seeds to a blender.
- Add 2 green chilies, a little salt, and 1 cup of water to the blender.
- Now blend the mixture to a smooth paste.
- Now pour the smooth paste into a bowl and add the turmeric powder and oil to it. Mix them very well.
- Next, add the illish to the bowl and coat each of the fish with the mixture.Â
- Now cut the banana leaves into a rectangular shape or the desired shape of a paturi.Â
- Roast the banana leaves on medium heat.
- Now take one banana leaf and add one spoon of the mustard paste on the center then put one fish over it and then put one split green chili on top of the fish.
- Next, fold the banana leaf from all sides and then tie it with a cotton string.
- Repeat this process for all the other fish.
- Next heat a pan and brush oil in it and then put the tied banana leaves in the pan
- Cover the lid of the pan and let them cook for about 10 minutes on low flame.
- After 10 minutes our paturi is ready. We can serve this delicious illish recipe with steamed rice.
Notes
- Roast the banana leaves so that the while tieing the leaves does not break.
- You can use pumpkin leaves in place of banana leaves.
BHAPA ILLISH
This is a special recipe of Illish fish made in steam. The main ingredient in this recipe is mustard seeds. This recipe is too yummy and you can serve this recipe with hot steamed rice for the lunch.
BHAPA ILLISH
This is a recipe of Illish which is steamed in a pot and cooked. The recipe does not need much ingredients but its taste is just outstanding.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 5 tablespoon mustard seeds
- 6 pieces green chili
- half cup coconut grated
- half cup yogurt
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 4 tablespoon mustard oil
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is soak the mustard seeds in water for about 1 hour.
- After 1 hour drain the water of the mustard seeds and put them in a blender.
- Next, add the 2 green chilies and a little salt. Blend them into a smooth paste.
- Next, when the mustard seeds are blended to a smooth paste, add the coconut to the mixture in the blender and blend the whole again nicely.
- Next, we have to pour the whole mixture into a tiffin box.
- Next add yogurt, sugar, turmeric, and mustard oil to the mixture. Mix them firmly with the paste of mustard seeds.
- Next, we have to add the fish one by one and cover each of the fish with the mixture very nicely. Each side of the fish must be coated with this mixture.
- Next, we have to slit the green chili left and add them to the tiffin box. Now close the lid of the tiffin box.
- Next, we have to heat a pan and put the tiffin box on it.
- Next, we have to pour water into the pan. The water level must be half the height of the tiffin box.
- Next, cover the lid of the pan and let the water boil so that steams comes out. This process will take 15 to 20 minutes.
- The fish inside the tiffing box will get cooked. Now after 20 minutes our delicious illish bhapa is ready
DOI ILLISH
This is a recipe of hilsha fish prepared with curd. The recipe is tangy in flavor and tastes too yummy. You can have his recipe with hot steamed rice for lunch. This recipe is also prepared for special occasions at home.
DOI ILLISH
This is a famous recipe of the Bengalis. They serve this recipe with hot steamed rice.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 2 green chili
- 1 cup plain curd
- 4 tablespoon mustard oil
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon red chili powder
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is take a bowl and add the curd to it and beat them nicely with a spoon for 5 minutes till the curd becomes smooth.
- Next add the mustard oil, sugar, turmeric powder, red chili powder, and salt one by one to the bowl. Mix the ingredients firmly.
- Next, add 1 cup of water to the mixture.
- Next, we have to add the fish to the bowl and coat the fish very nicely.
- Next put the green chili in the bowl by sliting them.
- we need to cover the bowl with a lid and keep them aside for 1 hour to get them marinated.
- After 1 hour we need to hear ta pan in flame and put half a cup of water to it and let the water bubble up.
- Now add the marinated fish to the pan with the mixture.
- Next, cover the lid of the pan for about 20 minutes and let the fish gets cooked.
- Flip the fish in the middle so that both sides get cooked very nicely. Our yummy DOI ILLISH is ready to serve
Notes
- Serve this recipe with hot steamed rice.
ILLISH MACHER KORMA
This is a Mughal recipe combined with Bengalis Hilsa fish. This recipe is made with lots of cashews, curd, and almonds. The taste is just outstanding. You can serve this recipe with Steamed rice, paratha, or fried rice. A perfect recipe to be served at the special occasions.
ILLISH MACHER KORMA
This is a rich recipe of Hilsa fish prepared with lots of ingredients.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 4 cardamom
- 4 cloves
- 1 small cinnamon stick
- 1 medium onions chopped
- 8 cashews
- 8 almonds
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon garam masala powder
- 1 tablespoon cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pepper powder
- 1 cup curd
- 1 tablespoon saffron milk
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 bay leaves
- some coriander leaves chopped
- 4 green chili
- 4 tablespoon mustard oil
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is put the fish on a plate add some turmeric powder, lime juice, and salt to the fish and mix them nicely and keep them aside.
- Now put the almonds and cashew in a blender and make a smooth paste of them and set them aside.
- Now heat oil in a pan and add the bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon stick and stir them for 1 minute.
- Next, add the onions and fry the onions till the color changes to a golden brown.
- Next, add the ginger paste, and garlic paste and stir them nicely till the aroma of rawness goes out.
- Next, add the paste of almonds and cashew. Mix them nicely.
- Now add the turmeric powder, garam masala, and salt and stir them nicely.
- Now add the fish to the pan and then cook them for 5 minutes
- Now add the curd to the pan and stir them.
- Next add the green chili, pepper powder, cardamom powder saffron, and milk . Stir them slightly and cover the lid of the pan and let them simmer for about 10 minutes on low flame.
- add the coriander leaves. And put the flame off. Our yummy delicious illish fish recipe is ready to serve.
Notes
- Serve this delicious recipe with hot steamed rice.
ANAROSH ILLISH
This is an outstanding recipe of pineapple with Hilsha fish. This recipe is served in Bengal Cuisine. The taste is just awwfull. This recipe contains the fresh and rich taste of pineapple.
ANAROSH ILLISH
This is a delicious combination recipe of pineapple with Hilsha fish. This is just an outstanding recipe that is served in Bengali Cuisine.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces illish fish
- 1 cup pineapple cubes
- 2 cardamom
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon red chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 4 tablespoon mustard oil
- 2 green chili
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is put half cup of the pineapple cube in a blender and make juice out of it. and keep them aside.
- Next, take some water in a little bowl and add 1 tablespoon of turmeric powder, red chili powder, and ginger paste. Mix them very nicely and keep them aside.
- Now take the fish to a plate and add turmeric powder and salt to it and mix them nicely with the fish and let them marinate.
- Next heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the illish fish and then keep them aside.
- Next, add the cardamom in oil then add the fennel seeds, bay leaves, and green chilis. Stir them nicely.
- Now add the spice paste made with ginger paste and turmeric powder to the pan and stir them very nicely.
- Next, add salt to the pan and pineapple juice to the pan. Stir them very nicely.
- Now add 1 cup of water to the pan and add the fish and the leftover pine apple to the pan.
- Cover the lid of the pan and let them simmer for about 5 minutes. Our anarosh illish recipe is easy to serve.
Notes
- Add pineapple cubes to the recipe while garnishing.
