Sorsebata Hilsa

Hilsa is Bengali's favorite dish. It's the most popular and costly fish due it's aroma and taste. Hilsa fish in mustard paste, it's an authentic bengali fish curry.

Ingredients :

Hisla Fish - 4 pieces
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Green Chili - 6 pieces
Cumin - 1 teaspoon
Mustard Seeds - 5 teaspoon
Mustard Oil - 7 tablespoon
Water 1 Cup
Salt to Taste

How to Make Sorsebata Hilsa :

Soak 5 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp cumin in little water for 2 minutes.

Grind the soaked mustard seeds and cumin with 6 green chili, 1 tsp mustard oil, 1/2 pinch of Turmeric and 1 pinch salt into a smooth paste.

Wash the fish, sprinkle 1/2 pinch of turmeric and salt to it, keep aside.

Heat oil in pan, put the fish and just saute it for a minutes on low flame, don't fry it.

Now put the mustard paste over the fish, add 7 tsp mustard oil over it. 6 green chilies and add to it.

Add 1 cup water, adjust the salt and cover the lid, cook for 15 minutes.

Now serve it with white rice.

Taler Bora

Taler Bora is a famous Bengali home made sweet. It is a traditional sweet delicacy of Bengal. Today (Monday) was Janmashtami the birthday of lord Krishna. This festival is celebrated in every Bengali family with great passion and honour. We are serve to lord Krishna in the auspices occasion of Janmashtami.

Ingredients :

Ripe Tal - 1 pic
Sugar Cane Jaggery - 250g
Coconut - 1 medium size
Wheat Flour - 2 Cup
Semolina - 70g
Rice Flour - 70g
Refined Oil - For Deep Frying

Instruction :

Wash the Tal thoroughly and remove the crown of the fruit by pressing inwards and remove the outer black skin from the fruit.

Now separate the fibrous kernels by pressing softly. Mostly one big sized tal has two or three kernel inside.

Now add wheat flour and mix vigorously and then mix semolina, Rice Flour, and Nigella Seed one by mix thoroughly.

Add grated Coconut and again give the mixture a good stir.

 Heat Sufficient Oil in a Deep bottom Pan for deep frying the fritters.

Using vour hand o a spoon and pour 1 Tbsp. full batter in the oil to make Taler Bora.

Fry around 10-15 Taler Bora at one go depending on the size of the work.

In medium flame fry, Taler Bora for around 5 minutes or until the fritters turn deep brown in color.