Shorshe Ilish Published January 21, 2015, 19:50 at 800 × 600 in Shorshe-bata Maach/Fish in Mustard Paste (Indian Home Cooking Week 2) ← Previous Next → Just to torture myself here is a large platter of shorshe ilish made by my mother when I was in Delhi last year. Note just how much more oil there is here (though, to be fair, ilish is an oily fish); also note that she uses kalonji alone.