Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, bhapa fish (steamed hilsa). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
How to make Bhapa Ilish Recipe (Steamed Hilsa) To begin making the Bhapa Ilish recipe, wash and tap dry the steaks of hilsa with a kitchen towel and set aside. Blend until the paste is smooth. Ilish or hilsa, the king of fish, can be cooked in numerous ways.
Bhapa fish (steamed hilsa) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Bhapa fish (steamed hilsa) is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have bhapa fish (steamed hilsa) using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bhapa fish (steamed hilsa):
- Take 2 tsp Black mustard seeds paste
- Make ready 2 tsp White mustard paste
- Take 1 tbsp Curd
- Make ready 8 Green chilies
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take To taste Turmeric powder
- Get 4 tbsp mustard oil
- Get 1/2 cup Fresh coconut milk
- Take 7-8 hilsa fish pieces
It is the signature Bengali dish and can be made in many ways but the most popular Bengali style is steamed Hilsa with mustard paste and mustard oil. The fish has a buttery texture and melts in your mouth immediately. Ilish or Hilsa is a seasonal fish. The fish is mostly available during the monsoons and that too in very limited quantities.
Instructions to make Bhapa fish (steamed hilsa):
- Marinate the fish with salt and turmeric powder for 10 minutes..
- Now in a steel Tiffin box add two types of mustard paste, coconut milk,curd, turmeric powder salt mustard oil and green chilies.And a little water.
- Add all the marinated fish in the box.And close the box with.the cover of the Tiffin box.
- Bhapa llish can be prepared in a flame using a double boiler.
- Take a deep vessel and place the steel Tiffin box in it.and add 5 cups water.
- Cook it in low flame for 20 minutes.
- Serve hot with boiled rice.
That explains why it is so expensive. Like everything, hilsa too has it's favorites. Hilsa or Ilish is the most popular fish for Bengalis. This is the national fish of Bangladesh.. Bhapa Ilish or steamed hilsa is one of the most popular hilsa dish in Bengal.
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