Shutki Bhorta

Lail Hossain’s Shutki Bhorta, published by WithASpin, is her Bangladeshi dried-fish side dish. This selection uses dried anchovy from her offered fish choices with mustard oil, garlic, red chilli, onion, lemon juice and salt.

The supplied dried fish, garlic and dried red chillies are dry-roasted over medium heat.

The roasted ingredients are placed in a food processor with the supplied thinly sliced onion, mustard oil, lemon juice and salt. Everything is chopped together into the bhorta.

The author allows the same oil, lemon juice, chilli and garlic to be adjusted to taste. This version follows the food-processor preparation of the dried-fish recipe.

Rice is selected as an optional accompaniment in the publisher’s bhorta serving context. The finished mixture combines the roasted fish and seasonings with sliced onion and the oil-and-juice mixture.