Gourmet Secrets: High on hilsa
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Karen Anand Sep 15, 2018 09:43 PM IST
Also called bhing or palla, this is the most marvellous outcome of the monsoon
It is the monsoon when that most marvellous of what is considered a Bengali fish, hilsa or ilish, appears. In Mumbai, we rarely get to see this fish let alone enjoy it Bengali style. We have bhing which is in effect hilsa, and Parsis used to commonly make a bhoojelo bharuchi bhing. The fish is caught in the Narmada estuary and bhing or hilsa roe is also used for their gharab-nu-achar. Today the achar is found only in Parsi shops near Fire temples. Sindhis also love their palla, another name for hilsa. The Bengali hilsa though is another story, as poetic and revered as a Tagore poem.
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