It's a strange feeling to buy fresh Taki fish from the market.

Good afternoon friends, hope everyone is well. Today I will share with you a wonderful experience of buying fresh, live Taki fish, which is a familiar part of our Bengali life. As soon as I set foot in the raw market in the morning, the hustle and bustle around me and the smell of fresh vegetables and fish made me feel good. Suddenly, my eyes were caught by the crowd of large Rui Katla or shiny Hilsa. At a local vendor sitting in a corner, a few fresh fish squirming in the aluminum container in front of him. I fell in love with the fish's dark green-black stripes and shiny scales at first glance, just like you can see in the picture I shared. The three fish in the aluminum container were so fresh that they seemed to have just been caught from the river or the lake.
The joy of bargaining and buying Buying fish in our Bengali market means a bit of a bargain! Even if the seller wanted to increase the price a little, I didn't want to miss out on the fresh fish. After some smiling bargaining, when I stuffed the fish into the bag A different kind of satisfaction was working in my mind then. The swish of the live fish could be felt even from the bag. It is truly a matter of luck to find such native free-water fish in the midst of the crowd of hybrid or farmed fish.

Buying Taki fish means seeing a spicy Taki fish stew with steaming hot rice. First, lightly grill or boil the fish and choose the bones. Then the famous stuffing made with pure mustard oil, dried chilies, chopped onions, and coriander leaves. Or a light, thin broth made with potatoes and eggplant.After buying this fish, I remembered my childhood, When there was a buzz of catching fish from ponds and canals in the monsoon water in rural Bengal, these fresh fish brought back a piece of rural nostalgia in the urban mechanical life.

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