Fish is food. Where can I get hilsa fish ? Hilsa is a delicious dish
Fish is food, Hilsa Fish Ilisha (scientific name: Tenualosa Elisha) is the national fish of Bangladesh. It is a marine fish, found in the rivers of Bangladesh and East India. Hilsa is very popular among Bengalis. Hilsa is also a very popular fish in various parts of India like West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, and Assam. In 2017, Hilsa fish in Bangladesh was recognized as a Geographical Indication or GI product. The word 'hilsha' is found in Bengali, the language of Assam, India , and in Telugu, hilsha is called plasma. Pallu machi is known as Pallu machi in Sindhi of Pakistan, and Ilishi in Oriya Ilisha fish is known as Moden (female) or Palva (male) in Gujarat. Hilsa is an economically important tropical fish. Large quantities of hilsa are caught every year from the delta of the Bay of Bengal, the estuaries of the Padma-Meghna-Yamuna rivers. It is a marine fish but this fish grows in big rivers. When the eggs hatch and grow (called jatka in Bengali), the hilsa fis...