Description
Ilish Macher Matha diye Badhakopi aka Hilsa fish head cooked with Cabbage is a Bengali fish-based side dish.
Ingredients
Units
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- Hilsa Head: 1
- Cabbage: 1
- Potato: 2
- Peas: 1/2 cup
- Onion: 2
- Tomato: 1
- Ginger Paste: 1 Tsp.
- Garlic Paste: 1.5 Tsp.
- Green Chilli: 3-4
- Coriender Powder: 1 Tsp.
- Cumin Powder: 1 Tsp.
- Garam Masala Powder: 1 Tsp.
- Turmeric Powder: 1 Tsp.
- Red Chilli Powder: 1 Tsp.
- Sugar: 1 Tsp.
- Salt: 1 Tsp.
- Bay Leaf: 2
- Dry Red Chilli: 1 (optional)
- Cinnamon Stick: 1" (optional)
- Ghee: 1 Tbsp.
- Mustard Oil: 3 Tbsp.
Instructions
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[/url] - Wash Hilsa head and cut into two halves.
- Sprinkle Turmeric Powder and salt and marinade fish head.
- Cut Cabbage into long strips and wash thoroughly.
- Peel the skin and cut Potatoes into small cubes.
- Chop Onion and Tomatoes.
- Make a paste of Cumin and coriander powder with little water.
- Heat Oil in a pan and deep fry fish head chunks and strain from the oil.
- Shallow fry Potatoes.
- Temper remaining oil with Bay leaf, Cinnamon stick, and dry red chili.
- Now add chopped onion and cook till it turns translucent.
- Add chopped tomatoes, ginger and garlic paste an
- Add salt, Sugar, Red chilli powder, Cumin and coriander paste, and turmeric powder. and cook till oil comes out from the side.
- Now add chopped cabbage, and mix thoroughly and cook by covering the pan with a lid till cabbage softens over the low flame.
- This will take around 15 minutes.
- Add fried potatoes and green peas and mix thoroughly.
- Add fried fish head chunks.
- Adjust spices and cook till the cabbage reduces and properly cooked.
- Add Ghee and Garam Masala powder and mix thoroughly.
- Serve it hot with steamed rice.
[/url]Notes
Instead of Powdered Cumin and coriander, you may use whole Cumin and coriander seed to make the paste.
You may increase the amount of fish-head.
This dish can be cooked with other fish-head as well.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: Bengali
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 65g
- Calories: 265
- Sugar: 6.7g
- Sodium: 649mg
- Fat: 12.6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 26.4g
- Fiber: 6.3g
- Protein: 13.5g
- Cholesterol: 23mg
