Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi Recipe - Hilsa Fish In Pumpkin Leaves

Usashi Mandal

November 25, 2018

939 Ratings

Time:Prep: 30 M|Cook: 25 M|Total: 55 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Dinner

Cuisine:Bengali Recipes

Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi (Marinated Hilsa In Pumpkin Leaves) is a recipe of West Bengal, India. Bengali food culture never been completed without fish. Ilish/ Hilsa is a most favorable fish for Bengali's and the recipe is from my Grandma, she used to make it so tasty even today.

Hilsa fish marinated mainly in mustard paste and other spices, then wrapped under pumpkin leaves then finally wrapped by banana leaves. After frying in a skillet banana leaves get burnt while the fish stay intact and steam cooked with marination and banana leaves. It’s a delicacy.

Serve Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi along with Steamed Rice and Kachumber Salad for a weekend lunch or dinner.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Fish Recipes such as

Serve Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi along with Steamed Rice and Kachumber Salad for a weekend lunch or dinner.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Fish Recipes such as

Ingredients

4 Hilsa Fish, washed and cleaned

8 Pumpkin leaves, washed

4 Banana leaf, washed

1 Yellow mustard seeds, ground to paste

1 Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu), ground to paste

1 Poppy seeds, ground to paste

1/2 Mustard oil

2 Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1 Green Chilli, ground to paste

4 Green Chillies, or red chilli powder, to taste

Instructions for Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi Recipe - Hilsa Fish In Pumpkin Leaves

To begin making the Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi Recipe, rub the clean fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder. Keep marinated for 30 minutes.

In a bowl, add black and yellow mustard seeds paste, poppy seeds paste, green chilli paste, salt, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 tablespoon of mustard oil.

Mix it very well. In this mixture dip Hilsa shad/ ilish pieces. Let fish pieces in this mixture for 10 minutes.

Take two pumpkin leaves for 1 fish piece. Now take 1 fish piece along with 1 tablespoon of marinade and place it on over 2 pumpkin leaves.

Fold the pumpkin leaves. Take a banana leaf, then place folded pumpkin leaves on it, add 1 green chilli and 1 teaspoon of mustard oil on it. Wrap the banana leaves and secure it with string. Do same with all fish pieces.

In a skillet or shallow frying pan heat 2 tablespoons of mustard oil. Add banana leaves packet on it. Fry in medium heat for 10 minutes, cover the lid then flip it up and fry for another 10 minutes. Take it out in a serving plate.

Open banana leaves packet when you are ready to serve. Serve Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi along with Steamed Rice and Kachumber Salad for a weekend lunch or dinner.