Ingredients

• 1 big - Hilsa fish, chopped into medium-sized pieces
• 50g - Mustard seeds, soaked and ground to a paste
• 15 g - Poppy seeds (khus khus/posto)
• Mustard oil for frying fish
• 3-4 tsp - Turmeric powder
• 3-4 - Green chillies
• Salt to taste

How to Make Hilsa in mustard sauce

• Clean and chop the fish.
• Marinate it with turmeric powder and salt for 30 mins.
• Now heat mustard oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish pieces one by one on both the sides.
• Keep aside.
• Heat mustard oil in a pan and add the mustard paste and the poppy seeds paste to thicken the gravy. Add the fried fish to the this.
• Stir with a spatula and allow the fish to mix well with the paste.
• Now add the salt and some water very gently.
• The gravy should remain thick.
• Add green chillies to the mixture
• Serve hot with steamed rice.