Hilsa Pulao

Hilsa Pulao

Hilsa Pulao is a famous rice dish, often cooked in special occasions. It is delicious by itself, but can be also eaten with achar (pickles), begun (eggplant) or potol (pointed gourd) bhaji. I personally like to have Hilsa Pulao by sprinkling some lemon extract on the rice before I eat.

Ingredients::: 

Ingredients

• Hilsa Fish (Ilish)-6-7 pieces
• Bashmati rice-2 cup
• Onion-1 cup(chopped)
• Onion paste-1 Tbs
• Red chili powder-1 ts
• Cumin powder-1/2 ts
• Ginger paste-1 Tbs
• Tomato - 1pc
• Cardamom-5 pieces
• Bay leaves-3 pieces
• Cinnamon stick-3 pieces
• Green chili-5-6 pieces(whole)
• Green peas-1/2 cup
• Plain yogurt-2 Tbs
• Lemon juice-1 Tbs
• Oil-around 1/2 cup
• Ghee-1 Tbs
• Salt-2 ts or according to your taste

 Method:::

1. Clean and wash fish. Add onion paste,red chili powder,cumin powder,ginger paste,plain yogurt,lemon juice and 1 ts salt to the fish. 
2. Mix all of them well and keep it for marinate around 30 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a deep pan. Add cardamom,bay leaves and cinnamon stick and stir for a while. Add chopped onion and stir until tender. 
4. Add marinated fish and green chili to the pan. Cook it in lower medium heat around 10 minutes.(after 5 minutes you may turn over the fish carefully). 
5. In the mean time wash rice and keep aside.
6. Remove only fish from the pan and keep aside. 
7. Add green peas & tomato and stir for few seconds. Add rice and 1 ts salt to the pan. Stir around 2-3 minutes. 
8. Take 4 cup hot water in the bowl you marinated the fish. 
9. Add the water to the rice,cover the pan and cook it in medium heat until rice almost done.
10. Remove 2/3 portion of rice from the pan. Add fish and rice layer by layer.Cover the pan with lid  and keep it in low heat around 20 minutes.
11. Spread ghee over the rice. Before serve carefully mix rice and fish.