Name: Baked Fish Paturi recipe by Mukulika Sengupta at BetterButter
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 500 grams fish (Basa/Hilsa/Bhetki); 5 tbsp khus khus/poppy seeds; 3 tbsp mustard seeds; 2 green chillies; Salt to taste

ABOUT Baked Fish Paturi RECIPE

Fish Paturi or fish wrapped in banana leaf is a Bengali delicacy. The love affair that Bengalis have with fish is beyond words. Fish paturi is usually made with hilsa or bhetki, however I have made it with Basa which tastes as well if not better.

Recipe Tags

Non-veg
Dinner Party
West Bengal
Baking
Main Dish
Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 5

500 grams fish (Basa/Hilsa/Bhetki)
5 tbsp khus khus/poppy seeds
3 tbsp mustard seeds
2 green chillies
Salt to taste

Instructions

Grind together the poppy seeds, mustard seeds, green chillies and salt to a fine paste.
Wash and cut the fish into big cubes, then marinate these fish pieces in the paste for at least 1 hour. Check the seasonings.
Preheat the oven at 230 degrees Celsius. Wrap these fish pieces in the aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes.

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