Lores Genres Institutions Awards Folk genres Devotional Classical genres Modern genres People Instruments Dance Theater Organizations People Shorshe ilish (Bengali pronunciation: [sorʃe iliʃ]) is a Bengali dish, native to the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, made from hilsa or Tenualosa ilisha, a type of herring, cooked in mustard gravy.

[1] The dish is popular among the people of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak valley.

Lime juice and/or coriander leaves may be added for flavor.

Shorshe ilish bhapa is a variation of this dish.

[4] Each serving contains approximately 450 calories, 17.1g protein, 8.1g carbohydrate, 38.4g total fat (4.9g saturated), 73.5 mg cholesterol, and 8.2 mg sodium.