• • Marinate the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder

• • Take a pan, pour mustard oil and heat it

• • Add some nigella seed and slit green chillies and temper it

• • Add turmeric powder, the mustard paste and green chillies with a pinch of salt.

• • Cook it till the smell loses its raw nature

• • Add coconut milk and cook for 5-7 minutes on low to medium flame

• • Add the fish pieces and cook for about 5-7 minutes more

• • Season it.

• • Serve it hot with rice and enjoy.

Ilish Shukto

The fifth and last recipe is Ilish Shukto. The ingredients follow -.

Ingredients

• • Hilsa: 6 pieces

• • Bitter gourd: 1 (cut into medium strips)

• • Raw banana: 1(cut into medium strips)

• • Raw papaya: 7-8 pieces peeled and cut into thick medium strips

• • Eggplant: 1 (cut into medium strips)

• • Sweet potatoes: 1 (cut into medium strips)

• • Potatoes: 2 (cut into medium strips)

• • Drumsticks: 2 (cut into medium strips)

• • Green chillies: 3-4

• • Panchforon: 1 teaspoon

• • Radhuni: ½ teaspoon

• • Radhuni paste: ½ teaspoon

• • Bay leaf: 2 small

• • Ginger-green chilli paste: 1 and ½ tablespoons

• • Yellow mustard paste: 1 and ½ tablespoon

• • Poppy seeds paste: 2 and ½ tablespoon

• • Milk: Half cup

• • Turmeric powder: 1 tablespoon

• • Salt

• • Sugar

• • Ghee

• • Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil

Recipe

• • Pour mustard oil into a pan. Saute the vegetables till they turn golden.

• • Marinate the fish with salt and turmeric powder.

• • Shallow-fry it till the pieces turn light golden.

• • Pour some more mustard oil, bay leaves, panchforon, radhuni and a small pinch of turmeric powder and leave it to temper

• • Add the ginger-green chilli paste. Mix well

• • Add the mustard paste and cook for 2-3 minutes

• • Add the poppy seeds and cook for 3-5 minutes on low to medium flame

• • Add seasonings followed by milk and 1½ cups of water

• • Add on the sauteed vegetables and potatoes.

• • Add the fish pieces and cook for 5-7 minutes on low flame

• • Add some green chillies and radiant paste and cook for 2-3 minutes

• • Pour some ghee

• • Serve it hot and enjoy

Tips to Remember

The biggest tips for making the recipes are ilish fish and mustard oil. Make sure to buy fresh ilish. A fresh fish always elevates the taste of a dish. Coming to the mustard oil, the ilish dishes would turn marvelously delicious if you have prepared them with Doctor’s Choice Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil. The oil is healthy as it contains omega-3 and omega-6. This controls blood cholesterol levels, and the oil has distinct characteristics that bring authentic tastes to the mentioned ilish recipes.