How to Make Bhapa Ilish

How to Make Ilish Mach Bhapa/ Steamed Hilsa

How to Make Ilish Mach Bhapa/ Steamed Hilsa; I already posted this recipe, but the main difference is that here I prepared the bhapa ilish without frying the Hilsa fishes. But in an earlier post, I steamed the fish after frying them lightly, which I like. The cleaned raw Hilsa fish chunks are coated with a thick paste made with coconut, ginger, mustard, and mustard oil and then steamed for 12-15 minutes on a low flame; This is How to Make Bhapa Ilish/Ilish Mach Bhapa/ Steamed Hilsa.

Equipment

• Blender
• Small lunch box
• Big deep pan
• Stand for lunch box
• Serving plate

Ingredients

• Ilish/Hilsa Fish chunks-3
• Coconut-1/4^th of a medium size
• Mustard oil-2 tbsp
• Ginger-1/2 inch
• Mustard seeds 1/4^th cup
• Curd-3 tbsp
• Green chili-5
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
• Salt
• Coriander leaves- chopped-1 tbsp

How to Make Bhapa Ilish

Take a blender; add coconut pieces, ginger, and 2 green chilies

Make a smooth paste

Add soaked mustard seeds to the blender

And make a paste

Take 3 tbsp curd

Take a Tiffin box with a cover; then add all the ingredients. E.g, coconut ginger paste, mustard paste, 1 tbsp mustard oil, curd, salt, turmeric powder, salt, and coriander leaves.

Mix well with the help of your fingers, and coat well the Hilsa fish chunks.

After mixing the fish chunk, again sprinkle 1 tbsp mustard oil and chopped coriander leaves and cover the lunch box.

Now take a deep and big bowl/patila/pan; put a stand and add water, the water level should be below the stand.

Now slowly place the lunch box over the stand

Cover the lid of the pan and allow cooking on low flame for 12-15 minutes

After 15 minutes open the lid and with the help of a napkin open the lunch box.

Now transfer to a serving plate.

Serve hot with hot piping rice.

How to Make Bhapa Ilish

The cleaned raw Hilsa fish chunks are coated with thick pastemade with coconut, ginger, mustard and mustard oil and then being steamed for12-15 minutes in a low flame; This is How to Make Bhapa Ilish/Ilish Mach Bhapa/Steamed Hilsa .

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Bengali, Indian

Servings 1

Calories

Equipment

• blender
• Serving plate
• Tiffin box with cover
• Big deep pan
• wire Stand

Ingredients

  

• 3 pieces Hilsa fish
• 1/4 fresh coconut
• 1/4 cup mustsrd seeds
• 3 tbsp curd
• 2 tbsp Mustard oil
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 5 green chili
• 1/2 tbsp  turmeric powder
• salt
• coriander leaves

Instructions

 

• Take a blender; Add coconut pieces, ginger and 2 greenchilies
• Make a smooth paste
• Add soaked mustard seeds in the blender
• And make a paste
• Take 3 tbsp curd
• Take a Tiffin box with cover; then add all the ingredients. E.g,coconut ginger paste, mustard paste, 1 tbsp mustard oil, curd, salt, turmericpowder, salt and coriander leave.
• Mixwell with the help of your fingers; and coat well the Hilsa fish chunks
• Nowafter mixing well the fish chunk, again sprinkle 1 tbsp mustard oil and choppedcoriander leaves and cover the lunch box
• Now take a deep and big bowl/patila/pan; and put a stand andadd water, the water level should below the stand.
• Now slowly place the lunch box over the stand
• Cover the lid of the pan and allow cooking in low flame for12-15 minutes
• After 15 minutes open the lid and with the help of a napkin open the lunch box.
• Now transfer into a serving plate.
• Serve hot with hot piping rice.

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