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The fish is found in 11 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Bangladesh is the top hilsa-producing country in the world, followed by Myanmar and then India. [5] Hilsa fishes for sale at fish market in West Bengal, India.
Panta bhat or poita bhat is often garnished with mustard oil, onion, chilli, pickle, and served with shutki mach (dried fish), machher jhol (fish curry), especially shorshe Ilish (ilish cooked with mustard seeds), aloo bhorta or aloo pitika (mashed potato), begun bhorta (mashed brinjal) and other bhorta or pitika (mashed food).
Hilsa are the national fish of Bangladesh and state fish of West Bengal, and are an important culinary ingredient in Bengali cuisine. Bangladesh exports 70% of the world's supply of the fish. In West Bengal, hilsa are cooked in a special mustard sauce as a delicacy known as Ilish Bhapa, Ilish Polao, and Shorshe Ilish during the Durga Puja ...
Hilsa is a common name for Tenualosa ilisha a fish found in Bangladesh and India. Hilsa may also refer to: Hilsa, a genus of fishes containing a single species, Hilsa kelee, found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans; Hilsa, Bihar, a city and a notified area in the Indian state of Bihar; Hilsa, Nepal, a town in Nepal
Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community. So, the marine fish fauna gives a greater commercial value to the country's economy, as well as well being of the coastal people. [2] Marine fish are strictly different from freshwater counterparts due to high salinity of sea water, which they live.
Clupeidae is a family of clupeiform ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings and sprats.Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid (very smooth and uniform) scales, a single dorsal fin, and a fusiform body for quick, evasive swimming and pursuit of prey composed of small planktonic animals.
Shorshe ilish (Bengali pronunciation: [sorʃe iliʃ]) is a Bengali dish, native to the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, made from hilsa or Tenualosa ilisha, a type of herring, cooked in mustard gravy. [1]
A recipe for fried Rohu fish is mentioned in Manasollasa, a 12th-century Sanskrit encyclopedia compiled by Someshvara III, who ruled from present-day Karnataka. In this recipe, the fish is marinated in asafoetida and salt after being skinned. It is then dipped in turmeric mixed in water before being fried. [10]