Ilish Macher Paturi combines three of Bengal's greatest loves—the Hilsa fish, the banana plant, and mustard. Even though it looks very polished, it is a fairly easy recipe to execute. It requires very few ingredients, no special technique, and can be cooked very quickly.

Ilish or Hilsa, is however, is facing extinction due to high demand and overfishing. There is a need to create more consciousness about the importance of conserving a fish that is perhaps Bengal's greatest cultural icon.

Sources for the preservation of endangered hilsa:
- http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downlo....ads/iucn_hilsa_study
- https://scroll.in/article/8066....67/how-king-hilsa-ma
- http://www.business-standard.c....om/article/news-ians

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