How to Special Eating on a Dime Bhapa Ilish/ STEAMED ILISH WITH FILTERED MUSTARD PASTE & COCONUT

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How to Special Eating on a Dime 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.

The Taste indeed is over the top, but for me, the super easy cooking process involved with Bhapa Ilish is another reason for my preference whenever I need to cook Ilish Mach in bulk. * 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.

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

You can have 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. Prepare 6 of ILISH pieces.

  2. Prepare 1 tbsp of black MUSTARD seeds.

  3. Prepare 2 tbsp of white mustard seeds.

  4. Prepare 1 cup of coconut milk.

  5. It’s 5-6 of green chillies.

  6. It’s 1 tsp of turmeric powder.

  7. It’s 2 tbsp of mustard oil.

  8. Prepare to taste of Salt.

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

Drain the mustard seeds from water and grind into thick paste.

In a pan take the fish pieces.

Add the mustard paste, green chili paste, green chilies, remaining turmeric powder, salt and mustard oil.

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.

Mix the whole thing and make a uniform mixture.

Pour a little more mustard oil on top.

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.

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 recipe - it's actually making of authentic bengali style steamed hilsa recipe with step by step pictures.