Name: Hilsa pulao recipe by Tamali Rakshit at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Basmati rice 300 gm-cleaned and soaked; 4 piece Hilsa fish; Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp; Salt (4 tbsp for rice+ 1/2 tsp for fish); Sugar according to taste; Black pepper powder 1/2 tbsp; Yellow food colour a pinch; 4 slitted Green chillies; 2 tbsp Mustard Oil; 3 tbsp refine oil; 1 tbsp ghee; some cashews; Some Raisin's

Ingredients Serving: 4

Basmati rice 300 gm-cleaned and soaked
4 piece Hilsa fish
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Salt (4 tbsp for rice+ 1/2 tsp for fish)
Sugar according to taste
Black pepper powder 1/2 tbsp
Yellow food colour a pinch
4 slitted Green chillies
2 tbsp Mustard Oil
3 tbsp refine oil
1 tbsp ghee
some cashews
Some Raisin's

Instructions

First cook the rice properly by adding sufficient amount of salt to it.
Now add salt and black pepper powder in it and mix properly and carefully.
Heat mustard oil in a kadhai and deep fry the hilsa fishes.
Keep the the fried fish pieces out from the kadhai.
Keep the fish fried oil separate from the fish.
Now heat ghee + refine oil at the same time. Fry cashews and raisin's separately.
Add slitted green chillies in the hot oil.
Now add boiled rice, fried cashews-raisins and food colour into it.
Fry it for 2-3 minutes, after that add fish oil and fried fish pieces into the rice.
Mix gently and cover the fish pieces with rice. Now cover the kadhai with lid and cook it for 10 minutes on low flame.
Now uncover the kadhai and serve hot.

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