Recipe: At Home Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT

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Recipe: At Home Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT. Traditionally the Ilish was first coated in the mustard paste and wrapped up in a banana leaf and then steamed along with the rice in a haari or handi. Now days it is steamed in a kadai or a saucepan covered with a lid.  When you are serving Ilish you do not need too many items in the menu, since Ilish is the star of the day. Hilsa or Ilish is the most popular fish to Bengalis.

This dish is very easy yet very delicious.

This is the perfect recipe for lunch or dinner.

So, I came up with a beautiful and tasty Bengali fish recipe for you (like bhapa ilish) through in my article.

You can cook Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT

  1. You need 6 of ILISH pieces.

  2. It’s 1 tbsp of black MUSTARD seeds.

  3. You need 2 tbsp of white mustard seeds.

  4. It’s 1 cup of coconut milk.

  5. You need 5-6 of green chillies.

  6. It’s 1 tsp of turmeric powder.

  7. Prepare 2 tbsp of mustard oil.

  8. Prepare to taste of Salt.

In less time, you can make your home.

Ilish is the Bengali name of Hilsa fish.

It is the national fish of Bangladesh.

Ilish bhaape, also known as Shorshe lish bhapa (or bhaape) meaning steamed mustard hilsa, is a Bengali recipe of hilsa fish (a type of shad) steamed in a potent mustard, doi (yoghurt) and coconut paste.

Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT step by step

  1. At first paste the black,white mustard seeds,Green chillies nicely in a grinder.Then filtered them in a bowl..

  2. Take a Tiffin box,place wash fish pieces.Now massage the Ilish fishes with salt, turmeric.Then pour the filtered mustard paste, coconut milk,1/4 cup water,2tbsp mustard oil & the green chillies.Cover the Tiffin box tightly..

  3. Take a kadai,add sufficient water & place the tiffin box in it.Steamed it for 1/2 an hour on high & medium flame..

  4. If required add little water into the kadai slowly..

  5. After 1/2an hour switch off the flame.Place the fishes into a serving plate, pour the gravy over the fishes..

  6. Garnish with slited green chillies..

  7. Now have this awesome,delicious bhapa ilish with plain rice & enjoy.

Even though it looks very polished, it is a fairly easy recipe to execute, requiring few ingredients, no special technique, and very little time.

Bhapa Ilish - Steamed Mustard Hilsa - Shorshe Bhapa Ilish- Easy Bengali Fish Recipe - Step by step recipe with Youtube video.

Bhapa Ilish is a delicious Bengali Hilsa Fish Recipe, where Hilsa is marinated in puissant mustard - coconut paste and steamed.

Take a Stainless Steel Tiffin Box or a Microwave oven safe Container with a tight lid and grease some mustard oil in the container. * Tips: if you don't have mustard powder, you can use whole mustard seeds to create the paste which is the traditional way of making the bhapa shorshe Ilish.

A Bengali Hilsa delicacy prepared with Mustard paste, Coconut Paste, Poppy Seed Paste and Curd can't and for that matter won't go wrong!