Fishticuff

Mon, 12 July 2021

13:17

What is a Bengali's monsoon without ilish? Deep fried fish, roe et al floating in golden oil or steamed with a generous coating of mustard, the fish head and tail cooked with aubergine, or a light jhol speckled with kalo jeere and a green chilli or two thrown in. There is no disagreement, no contest about the supremacy of ilish or hilsa in Bengali fare.

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