Easiest Way to Quick Yummy Ilish maach bhaja (Hilsa fish fry)
Easiest Way to Quick Yummy Ilish maach bhaja (Hilsa fish fry) Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Ilish maach bhaja (Hilsa fish fry). Now add the fish pieces carefully. Unlike for jhol (curry) where ilish is lightly fried, for bhaja (fry) the fish must be crisp and golden. Optionally, add a couple of green chillies towards the end to flavour the oil and the fish.
The pieces near the stomach of the fish are the best options (petir maach) for making ilish maach bhaja.
They are high on fish oil content and have longer easier bones with tender more tasty flesh.
Maach bhaja is a part of daily menu in Bengal and some parts of Bihar and Uttarpradesh.
You can cook Ilish maach bhaja (Hilsa fish fry) using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Ilish maach bhaja (Hilsa fish fry)
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You need 3-4 of Hilsa fish pieces.
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It’s pinch of Turmeric powder.
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It’s 1/2 tsp of Salt.
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You need as required of Oil.
It is a simple recipe for the Seafood lovers.
Apart from quenching the fish thirst it is instant source of protein and essential oils.
Shorshe Ilish - the evergreen classic; Ilish Maach Bhaja and Ilisher tel
Let me start with the easiest of the lot, Ilish Mach Bhaja (click here for the recipe) or Fried Hilsa.
Ilish maach bhaja (Hilsa fish fry) instructions
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Boil oil in pan. As the oil gets hot put hilsa fish pieces in the oil..
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Before putting it in the oil, sprinkle turmeric powder and salt on fish pieces. Then put it for frying..
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As the fish starts changing colour to golden,turn its side and fry again. As the fish becomes golden in colour, it is ready..
Do fry the Ilish and pair it with Khichuri.
It will for sure make a rainy afternoon more beautiful.
By the way, do not discard the Oil (Macher tel) after frying the Ilish Mach.
Have it with steamed rice if you wanted to visualize heaven!
Luckily our local fish markets are loaded with fresh supply of Ilish mach from Padma (Ganges in Bangladesh) also.
