Ilish Paturi with Vegetables

Ingredients:

Ilish fish – 4 big pieces

Mixed vegetables (potato, cauliflower cut into very small pieces, and peas) – 4 tablespoons

Mustard + green chili paste – 2 tablespoons

Mustard oil – 5 teaspoons

Salt – to taste

Turmeric powder – a pinch

Green chilies - 4

6” square of banana leaf – 4

String – to tie each paturi

Method:

Lightly roast (will become soft; will not be crunchy any more) each banana leaf piece so that while u will fold the leaf it does not break.

In the middle of each banana leaf piece place one piece fish, 1 tablespoon mixed vegetables and 1 green chili (slit).

Add ½ tablespoon mustard paste, 1 teaspoon mustard oil, turmeric powder and salt to it and mix well with your hand carefully.

Fold the leaf to seal and secure the fish and vegetable mix in that. Tie it with string so that while cooking nothing comes out from the paturi.

Heat a non-stick pan (greased with 1 teaspoon oil).

Place the fish paturies in it and cook both sides in medium heat until the leaf becomes brown (about 5-7 minutes each side).

Remove from heat and carefully take out the cooked fish and vegetables (as it will be hot) and serve hot with plain white rice.