Hilsa Fish With Red Chili

Ingredients:

8 pc Hilsha Fish
15 pc Red Chili Pepper (dried)
1 tsp Turmeric Powder
5 pc, split lengthwise Green Chili
2 tbsp Mustard Oil
2 cups Water
Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. Make a paste of the dried red chili with some water. Strain the paste and keep aside the liquid.

2. Heat oil in a pan. Fry for a minute.

3. Add the chili paste. Fry for 5 minutes.

4. Add turmeric powder. Fry for a minute.

5. Add the fish, one at a time. Turn over each fish.

6. Add water, green chili, and salt.
7. Bring it to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 min. Serve with hot rice.

Salad

Ingredients:

Lettuce
Tomatoes
Green Pepper
Carrots
Cucumber
Crushed Red Chilly powder
Black Pepper
Cilantro
Dressings: French, Italian, or dressing of your choice.
Few drops of Lemon

Instructions:

1. Take a salad bowl or a plate.

2. Cut lettuce and try to keep the lettuce in the middle of the plate and in equal pieces.

3. Now cut Green peppers and Cucumber and decorate them in circle (plate).

4. After that cut tomatoes and carrots and try to mix them in the lettuce.

5. At last put the salad dressing according to your taste and sprinkle red chilli and black pepper
at the top of whole salad. You can put some green chilies and chopped cilantro. Enjoy it.

Loochi

Ingredients

2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 Tsp Salt
1.5 Cup Cookint Oil

Instructions

1. Sift all purpose flour and salt. Add 1/2 tbsp oil. Knead lightly. Add water and knead well till becomes soft. Water should be added gradually. Keep aside covered for about 20 minutes.

2. Divide into about 20 portions. Roll out each portion into a round size of about four inch diameter.

3. Heat oil to very hot in a deep frying pan. Fry one at a time with light tapping so that it puffs, turn over till light golden. Drain and remove.

4. Serve hot with any curry or can be taken as it is.

5. Note:-Important points to note are - kneading and frying. Too much kneading with oil will make very crunchy luchis. But luchis should be soft and puffed. Oil should be very hot otherwise it will not puff. It takes only about 30 to 35 seconds for each luchi to puff up. Can be made with whole wheat flour (atta), then it is called Poori. Can also be made with equal proportion of Maida and atta.

Hilsha Fried

Ingredients

1 lb Hilsha Fish
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
1/2 cup Cooking oil

Instructions

1. Wash and clean the Fish properly. Cut into 6 pieces. It is always a good idea to get the fish cut from the grocery store itself.

2. Add salt an turmeric to the fish and keep it aside for few minutes.

3. Heat Oil in a frying pan (kadai), then add the fish slowly into the oil. Fry the fish in medium heat till the fish turns golden brown.

4. Serve it with hot rice and the oil in which the fish was fried to make a delicious meal. Add green chili and salt as required.