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Kumro patai Ilish paturi( Shad/ hilsa fish in pumpkin leaves)

Feb-02-2017
usashi mandal
30 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Kumro patai Ilish paturi( Shad/ hilsa fish in pumpkin leaves) RECIPE

This is my Late Grandma's recipe, I cherish the taste of the dish till now.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • West Bengal
  • Pan fry
  • Steaming
  • Main Dish
  • Low Calorie

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 4 piece hilsa shad/ Ilish fish
  2. 8 pumpkin leaves(washed)
  3. 2/4 large banana leaves
  4. 1 tbsp yellow mustard seeds paste
  5. 1 tsp black mustard seeds paste
  6. 1 tsp poppy seeds paste
  7. 5 tbsp mustard oil
  8. 1 tsp turmeric powder
  9. 1 tbsp green chili paste
  10. 4 green chilies
  11. Salt for seasoning

Instructions

  1. Rub the clean fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder. Keep marinated for 30 minutes.
  2. In a bowl add black and yellow mustard seeds paste, poppy seeds paste,green chili paste,salt and 1 tbsp of oil. Mix it very well.In this mixture dip Hilsa shad/ ilish pieces.
  3. Take two pumpkin leaves for 1 fish piece. Now take 1 fish piece along with 1 tbsp of marination and place it on over 2 pumpkin leaves.
  4. Fold the pumpkin leaves. Take a banana leaves then place folded pumpkin leaves on it,add 1 green chili and 1 tsp of mustard oil on it. Wrap the banana leaves and secure it with string. Do same with all fish pieces.
  5. In a skillet or shallow frying pan heat 2 tbsp of mustard oil. Add banana leaves packet on it. Fry in medium heat for 10 minutes, cover the lid then flip it up and fry for another 10 minutes. Take it out in a serving plate.
  6. Open banana leaves packet when you are ready to serve. Serve hot with plain steamed rice and enjoy Bengali delicacy.

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Preeti Gurung
Feb-02-2017
Preeti Gurung   Feb-02-2017

Lovely hilsa!

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