Easy Way to Make Yummy Doi Ilish (Hilsa Fish in Yoghurt Gravy)

Hello everybody, welcome to our recipe page. Today I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, Doi Ilish (Hilsa Fish in Yoghurt Gravy). It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Doi Ilish (Hilsa Fish in Yoghurt Gravy) Recipe. The ilish (Tenualosa ilisha) (Bengali: ইলিশ, romanized: iliš), also known as the ilisha, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad, is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae. It is a very popular and sought-after food fish in the Indian Subcontinent.

You can cook Doi Ilish (Hilsa Fish in Yoghurt Gravy) using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Doi Ilish (Hilsa Fish in Yoghurt Gravy)

1. You need 4 pieces of Hilsa Fish.
2. Prepare to taste of salt.
3. Make ready 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder.
4. It’s 4 tbsp. of yoghurt.
5. You need 1 of green chili, chopped.
6. You need 2 tbsp.+ 1 tsp of mustard oil + the marinade.
7. Make ready 1/2 tsp. of nigella seeds (kalonji).
8. Prepare 1 tbsp. of coriander leaves, chopped.
9. Take 1-2 of green chilies, slit.

Doi Ilish Recipe is a Bengali fish recipe in which fish is cooked in a yogurt gravy.Just a throw of kalonji, some wicked green chillies and a luxuriant drizzle of mustard oil, makes this dish delicious and mouth watering.It is easy to make and therefore it is perfect to be served for everyday lunch or dinner.Ilish maach or Hilsa fish holds a very important place in Bengali cuisine.

Doi Ilish (Hilsa Fish in Yoghurt Gravy) instructions

1. Marinate the fish with yoghurt, salt, turmeric powder, mustard oil and chopped green chilies for 10 minutes..
2. Heat mustard oil in a pan and temper with nigella seeds and slit green chilies. Saute for a few seconds..
3. Add the marinated fish and cook, covered on a low flame for 4-5 minutes. When done add the remaining mustard oil and coriander leaves..
4. Mix gently and switch off the flame. Serve with hot steamed rice..

Doi Ilish is a traditional Bengali Curd based Hilsa preparation where Hilsa or Ilish is steamed with Curd and little spices and involves hassle free cooking.Hilsa Fish chunks steamed with Doi or Curd is one of the popular fish preparations in Bengal.We mostly opt for Ilish Mach or Rui/ Katla (Rehu).

It can be said that any special lunch or dinner is incomplete without an Ilish maach preparation.Ilish maach is prepared in many different ways, today we are going to prepare Ilish with yoghurt.It is a very simple dish to make.Everytime I try to write fish recipe, Hilsa comes in my mind first.You know that we (Bangladeshi) Just love Hilsa.