What: Hilsa Festival
Where: 6 Ballygunge Place (all outlets)
When: August 2 to 19, 12.30pm to 3.30pm and 7.30pm to 10.30pm
Meal for two: Rs 1,500

The hilsa is keeping the city chefs super busy this monsoon, and the latest to experiment with the silver catch is 6 Ballygunge Place. Chef Sushanta Sengupta has curated a menu with no less than 20 hilsa-based dishes which one can have with steamed rice and dal, and sandesh to end the meal with.

“This city loves its hilsa and we want to give them the best preparations. We have tried to be innovative by using hilsa in different dishes,” said chef Sushanta.

The Ilish Maachher Matha Diye Kochur Saag is a traditional Bengali dish made with the head of hilsa and kochu shaak, tempered with mustard seeds and onion. It’s mildly spicy and dry in texture. Rs 700

In Pur Bhora Morich Ilish, the hilsa is smoked and deboned and then stuffed into Jaipuri mirchi. It is then cooked in a tangy curd and onion gravy. Rs 650

Text: Urvashi Bhattacharya