Pudina Hilsa (Bengali Fish with Mint)
Pudina hilsa is a wonderful Bengali preparation of hilsa fish. It is very easy and can be served hot with boiled rice.
Ingredients
- 1 kg hilsa fish (kelee shad), cut into 10 pieces
- 1 tsp pudina leaves (mint)
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 50 g butter, chopped
- 3 tbsp capsicum
- Salt according to taste
- 1 pinch of sugar
- 1 tsp green chili paste
Steps
- Wash the fish thoroughly in water.
- Put the salt, sugar, 25 g of butter and all the other ingredients into a baking dish.
- Add the fish pieces and sprinkle the rest of the butter on the top.
- Bake at 200°C until the fish turns golden in color or otherwise appears to be done.
More recipes with white fish, mint, ginger, nutmeg, butter, bell pepper or chili paste
Adapted from “Pudina Hilsa (Bengali Fish with Mint)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.