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45 min — 20 min prep, 25 min cooking.

Hilsa Curry

Name: Hilsa Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Tripura Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 0.5tsp Turmeric Powder; salt; 1tsp Ginger; 1tsp Garlic; 2piece onion; 1tsp coriander powder; 250g Hilsa Fish; 100g fish; 2piece Tomato; 1tsp Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 1tsp Cumin Seeds; 2tbsp oil

Hilsa fish in mustard paste curry. Bengali classic adapted in Tripura with slightly more chilli heat.

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Time 45 min · Serves 6 · 215 kcal · Bengali-Tripuri, Tripura

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
salt (optional) (whole)
Ginger — 1 tsp (ground)
Garlic — 1 tsp (ground)
onion — 2 piece (chopped)
coriander powder — 1 tsp (ground)
Hilsa Fish — 250 g (chopped)
fish — 100 g (chopped)
Tomato — 2 piece (chopped)
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)

Tempering

Cumin Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)
oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Heat the oil in a kadhai until it just smokes, then lower the flame and crackle the Cumin Seeds for 30 seconds.
Rub the Hilsa Fish and the fish pieces with salt and Turmeric Powder and fry them 2 minutes a side; lift them out carefully.
Add the chopped onion to the same oil and fry 6 minutes until golden.
Stir in the Ginger and Garlic and cook a minute.
Add the chopped Tomato with Red Chilli Powder, coriander powder and salt and cook 6 minutes until the oil separates.
Pour in 350 ml hot water and simmer 5 minutes to build the jhol.
Slide the Hilsa Fish and fish back in and simmer 5-6 minutes on low, spooning gravy over, until just cooked through.
Garnish with Coriander Leaves and serve hot.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Hilsa Curry?: 215 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 45 min — 20 min prep, 25 min cooking.

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