Ilish Bhaja
Hilsa steaks rubbed with turmeric and fried crisp in mustard oil, eaten with hot rice and the fragrant frying oil.
Prep
10 min
Cook
12 min
Total
22 min
Serves
4
Per serving
544 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Rub the hilsa fish steaks with the ground turmeric, chilli powder and salt and rest for 10 minutes.
Step 2: Heat the mustard oil until lightly smoking and fry the fish for 5–6 minutes a side until crisp and cooked through.
Step 3: Briefly fry the green chilli in the oil and serve it with the fish and a spoonful of the oil over rice.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 4 servings.
- 600 gHilsa fish steaks
- 1 tspGround turmeric
- ½ tspChilli powder
- 1 tspSalt
- 4 tbspMustard oil
- 2 wholeGreen chilli
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 544 kcal
- Protein
- 33.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 1.4 g
- Fat
- 45.1 g
- Saturated fat
- 9.5 g
- Fibre
- 0.5 g
- Sugar
- 0.2 g
- Sodium
- 604 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.