Ilish(Hilsa) Fish Biriyani Recipe:
Hilsa or Ilish which is considered one of the most tastiest fish due to its soft oily texture remains available in the market during the monsoon season.Although now a days you will get Ilish in the market during rest of the year as well but Hilsa Tastes best during monsoon season. Hilsa is considered "King of Fish " among the Bengali community,the fish is so flavorsome that no matter how hard you try you can not make a Ilish(Hilsa) mach taste bad.I like any other Bengali Love to eat Ilish in Any form,be it the simple Ilish Mach Bhaja(Pan Fried Ilish), Ilish Paturi or Ilish Bhapa. Recently I came across this Ilish fish Biriyani Recipe and I thought I will give it a try.💗💗💗💗.
The recipe that I am adding here is quite simple and easy to make ,it is like any other Biriyani recipe but its has the added bonus of Ilish mach in it.You can serve this Biriyani with a simple raita or any other side dish or you can eat it with fried papad like I did😃😃😃😃.The process of making this biriyani is simple and you will find almost all the spices and other ingredients required for this recipe in your kitchen .
So lets get started with the recipe now.......
Ingridients:
3 - 4 Ilish(Hilsa) pieces
1 cup basmati rice
2 tbsps yoghurt whipped
3 tbsps Fried onion
3 tbsps onion paste
2 tsps ginger paste
1 tsp kashmiri chili powder
2 tsps turmeric powder
2 green cardamom
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 black cardamom
2 - 3 bay leaves
5 - 6 green chillies slit
4 tbsps mustard oil
1 tbsp ghee
salt to taste
Method:
Step 1:
Wash the Basmati Rice properly and soak it in water for 30 minutes.Mean while clean the Hilsa Fish and marinate them using turmeric and salt,keep Aside.
Step 2:
Heat oil in a pan or Kadhai and shallow fry the fish pieces on both sides till they are golden brown. Now in the remaining oil add bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom, green chilies and fry for sometime,Now add the onion and ginger paste and fry till the spice mix gets separated from oil.Also add the yogurt and red chili powder carefully and mix well.We will need this spice mix for assembling the biriyani. Take almost half of the spice mix out of the pan and keep aside ,we will need it later. Now add the fried pieces of the fish gently to the remaining spice mix in the pan and with gentle hand cover the fish pieces with the spice mix.
Step 3:
Take a large Pan and boil water in it.Now add the washed and presoaked rice in it and cook till it is almost 70% done.We are done with our preparation of the Biriyani,so lets start assembling it.
Step 4:
Now lets start assembling the biriyani. Take a thick bottom pan and grease the bottom of the pan with ghee, now add a layer of cooked rice on the pan , add another layer of spice mix that we made and fried onions . Again add another layer of rice , layer of spice mix with fish pieces that we made and fried onions. Add some Ghee on it and sprinkle little water,Cover the pan with a lid . Lower the heat and let it cook in low flame slowly for 10 to 15 minutes. After 10 to 15 minutes turn of the heat and let it rest for another 10 minutes.
Our Biriyani is done. Serve it hot....Hope you will enjoy it!!!
