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Bombay Duck (Bombil)

₨575.00

Bombay duck, or bombil as it is called locally, is one of Pakistan’s iconic and differentiating culinary experiences. This charmingly misnamed delicacy is actually a fish, whose pungent odor is part of that special love-it-or-hate it-factor.

The size you get: 100 – 200 grams per fish

Note: All our prices and billings are based on the pre-cleaning/cutting weight of the seafood. The net weight at the time of delivery will be dependent on the type of cutting you choose.

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Introduction

Bombay duck, or bombil as it is called locally, is one of Pakistan’s iconic and differentiating culinary experiences. This charmingly misnamed delicacy is actually a fish, whose pungent odor is part of that special love-it-or-hate it-factor.

It got its name in the days of the British era, from being transported on an iconic train, the Bombay duck – bombil, duck is the Urdu word for mail. The term was then bastardized to duck.

Bombil is a highly seasonal fish and is usually available around the monsoon period. Unfortunately, the fish is rapidly disappearing from Pakistan’s coastal waters, driven away by a lethal combination of overfishing and climate change.

Flavor Profile

It has a strong, fishy, and excessively salty taste with a brittle, crumbly texture. Bombil is very tricky to cook and only experience cooks can achieve the best out of it.

Nomenclature

  • English Name: Bombay Duck
  • Local Name: Bombil
  • Scientific Name: Harpadon nehereus

Habitat

Bombay Duck is a Sea fish that lives in benthic regions of offshore waters, also in deltas of rivers to feed during monsoons.

Catching Method

Bombay Duck is caught using Bottom Trawls.

Physical Attributes

It is a sea fish that has scales on the body. The body is elongated and compressed, scales present only on the posterior half of the body, mouth very wide, armed with slender, recurved, and depressible teeth of unequal size, pelvic fins reaching to or near the origin of anal fin.

Color

It is dull, translucent gray or brown with small, dark speckles.

Size

On average, the Bombay Duck size range is 100 to 200 grams per fish. However, other sizes are also occasionally available.

Cutting Preferences

Bombay Duck is a highly delicate fish and is only preferred for whole and gutted cutting. Slices and boneless fillets are not recommended.

Approx. Cutting Yields

Whole: 100%
Gutted: 70%
Headless and Gutted: 60%
Slices: 55%
Boneless: 35%

Cooking Preferences

There are myriad ways to cook, prepare and season this pink-skinned fish. Most seafood-loving communities of Pakistan such as Parsis, Memons, Urdu speaking, and Agha khan is found Bombay duck intrinsic to their cuisine.

Few people grind it into a vinegary chutney or roast and fry it, sometimes stuffing it with a bellyful of tiny prawns. On the other hand, some fry it into a bhaji (fritter) while others stir fresh greens into the dried version or cook it with an onion tamarind masala.

Fresh Bombay duck is also made into a gravied patio (pickle), or sometimes eaten as salty khaara boomla that’s served in a pale, creamy gravy pearled with onions and eaten with rice.

Health Benefits

  • Heart friendly
  • Lowers Blood Pressure
  • Improves Immune System
  • Strengthens the bones
  • Improves Skin and Hair health
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Weight1 kg
cutting

Whole ( uncleaned ), Whole ( gutted ), Whole but head removed

Size

200 to 300g, 400 to 600g, 800 to 1000g

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