Ilish Panikhola
Ilish Panikhola. A rustic fish stew. Gorgeous Ilish. A handful of coarsely chopped onions. Some mean green chillies. And a generous glug of mustard oil. Divine !!!
Ingredients
- 4 pc Ilish
- 1/2 cup onion finely sliced
- 5-6 green chilies
- 4 tbsp mustard oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Take the finely sliced onions in a mixing bowl add little salt. Give it all a hearty mix for 7-8 minutes or so. The onions will slowly become soft and little pale in colour. Keep it covered for 10 more minutes.
- Add 3 tbsp of mustard oil and green chilies. Give it a hearty mix.
- In a flat pan, make a bed of the above onion-chilies-mustard oil mix. Switch on the flame and cook for 2 or 3 odd minutes.
- Gently place the Ilish steaks on the onion bed. Cook over low flame for 3-4 minutes.
- Add ½ a cup of warm water, cover the pan, cook over a medium flame for 7-8 minutes.
- Adjust seasonings, finish it off with a generous drizzle of mustard oil. Serve hot with steamed rice.