Description
A dish called Ilish Macher Lyajar Bhorta, which is a Mash made with Hilsa fish, is well-known in Bangladesh. However, it is particularly renowned in Mawaghat, where street-side restaurants serve it.
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 Ilish Macher Leja/ Tail of Hilsa Fish (try to use the tail from big fish to reduce the labor)
- 5 Onion
- 3 Green Chilli
- 4 Sprigs of Coriander Leave
- 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
- 5-10 Whole dry Red Chili (depending on how hot you want your Ilish Macher Lejar Bhorta)
- 1 Tbsp. Turmeric Powder
- 1 Tsp. Red Chilli Powder
- 1.5 Tsp. Salt or to Taste
- 4 Tbsp. Mustard Oil
Instructions
- Wash and clean Ilish Macher Lej or Fishtail.
- Rub Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder:, and Salt to the chunks and leave for 15 minutes before frying.
- Heat 3 Tbsp. Oil in a pan and fry fish chunks till those turn crisp.
- Keep the oil remain in the pan as it is.
- Switch the flame off and wait till the fried fish cooled down completely.
- Now take the Fried Fishtail and with patience remove all the bones from it so that you are having the meat separated.
- Now thin slice the Onions.
- Dry Roast the Red Chillis till those start emitting a pungent aroma and switch the flame off.
- Once cooled down, make a coarse powder of the Roasted Red Chilli (refer to the picture for consistency).
- Take the sliced Onion on a plate and start mixing those with Roasted Red Chilli Powder and some Salt till the onion started releasing moisture.
- Add lemon juice and mix thoroughly.
- Now add the Fish paste and mix again.
- Finally, add chopped Green Chilli, Chopped Coriander leaves 1 Tbsp. of raw mustard Oil and the remaining oil from the pan and mix again to complete the Bhorta.
- Serve Ilish Macher Bhorta with steamed rice.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Fish
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Bengali
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 100g
- Calories: 209
- Sugar: 4.4g
- Sodium: 817mg
- Fat: 11.7g
- Saturated Fat: 1.6g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 3.2g
- Protein: 15.3g
- Cholesterol: 24mg
