PINEAPPLE ILISH

Ingredients: 

4 pieces of Hilsa fish or Ilish 

1 medium size pineapple ( make a paste of half pineapple and cut half of the pineapple into small pieces

1 medium onion finely chopped

1 teaspoon of garlic paste

2 tablespoon of Mustard oil or refined oil for frying fish and cooking 

1 teaspoon of coriander powder

1 teaspoon of Kashmiri Mirch /Chilly powder 

1 teaspoon of turmeric powder 

Method:

Put oil in a pan, when hot put the pieces of fish and fry lightly. Do not over fry as this fish will not taste good. Keep it aside

Put oil in a pan , when hot, put onions and fry till light brown, do not over fry. Put garlic paste and sauté. Then add coriander, turmeric and kashmiri chilly powder and fry a little . Then add the pineapple paste. Sauté and add 1 cup of water and close the lid. When it starts to boil, add the pieces of fish into it and cook in medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes till the oil comes on the surface. Add the rest of the small pieces of pineapple in it. Keep it for 1 minute. The dish is ready to serve. 

It best goes with steamed rice.

About the dish:  As far as I know this dish is actually a delicacy from Bangladesh. I  tasted it for the first time when I was in North Bengal, my sister in law made it . She that time had told me that she had got this recipe from a friend of her from Bangladesh.