Ilish Polao (Hilsha Polao)

 ILISH POLAO (HILSHA POLAO)

Today I am here with a newish recipe and this is Ilish Polao. Hopefully, you will like it pretty much. So let's go to discover my new recipe.

Ilish Polao Recipe (Bengali Style Hilsa Fish polao) is an extremely fragrant and delicious polao with Ilish mach / Hilsha fish. You can follow this easy short recipe to cook your favorite Ilish Polao now :)

INGREDIENTS

Frying Ilish / Hilsa fish

Ilish Maach/ Hilsha fish 6 pcs

Plain Yogurt 1/2 cup

Fried Onions / Beresta 1/2 cup

Green chilli paste 1 tsp

Garlic paste 1 tsp

Ginger paste 1 tsp

Cumin powder 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar 1/2 tsp

ILISH POLAO

Cooking Polao

Oil 4 tbsp

Rice 2 cup

Onion paste 1 tbsp

Onion sliced 1/2 cup

Cinnamon 2 pcs

Clove 4 pcs

Cardamom 4 pcs

Black peppercorns 10-12 pcs Bay leaf 3 pcsGinger paste 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Hot water 4 cup

Ghee 1 tbsp

Green chilli 5 pcs

PREPERATION

• Wash and clean the rice, soak in water for 30 minutes. Drain water and set aside.

• Clean and descale the fish pieces. Rinse the pieces, let it dry and left aside.

DIRECTIONS

Cooking Ilish / Hilsa fish

• In a large flat bowl, add plain yogurt, fried onions / beresta, ginger paste, garlic paste, green chili paste, cumin powder, sugar and salt to taste.

• Form a thick paste and coat the fish pieces evenly on all sides. Leave it aside to marinate for 5 minutes.

• Fry the marinated fish pieces for 3-5 minutes over medium heat. Fry until each side is golden brown, while turning over the fish be careful to not break the fish pieces.

• Remove form heat and set aside.

Cooking polao

• Heat oil in a large wok at medium high heat, add sliced onions and sauté until translucent.

• Add raw garam masala; cardamom, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, cloves and black pepper corn. Sauté for couple minutes.

• Add soaked rice, be sure to drain all water from rice before adding to the pan. Add onion paste and ginger paste. Stir continuously so the rice does not burn at the bottom. Fry the rice for approximately 5 minutes so it takes in all the flavor of the spices.

• Add hot water, give everything another stir. When water starts to simmer, reduce heat to medium, closed with lid and cook until rice is half done.

• Add fish pieces and all the gravy from the frying pan, add sliced green chili on top. Close with lid add to dom for 15 minutes and low heat. Then serve it.

So this is the delicious Ilish Polao recipe. Just give a try to prepare it and enjoy!