Maachha bihana

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Maachha Bihana

Fish egg curry in Odia cuisine style
Type	Curry
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Odisha
Main ingredients	Fish roe, gram dal, spices

Maachha Bihana is the roe of a fish made into dumpling by some spice paste and fried to make spicy curry.

It is a typical dish prepared during monsoon season in coastal Odisha. The ova are collected from the sliced fish and a paste of black gram dal and spices are applied to make small balls. These balls are fried and made to a gravy based curry. Most popular is the Ilishi Maachha Bihana.

Recently, the environmentalist concerned the downfall in number of some species and creating awareness in restoring the fish population.

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