Recipe: Yummy Steamed Hilsa / Bhapa Ilish

Steamed Hilsa / Bhapa Ilish.

You can have Steamed Hilsa / Bhapa Ilish using 9 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Steamed Hilsa / Bhapa Ilish

1. It's 5-7 pieces of Hilsa.
2. It's 2 tbsp of mustard paste.
3. You need 3 tbsp of coconut paste.
4. You need 3 tbsp of mustard oil.
5. You need 2 tbsp of curd.
6. It's To taste of salt.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of haldi.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
9. You need 1 tsp of green chilli paste.

Steamed Hilsa / Bhapa Ilish step by step

1. Marinate Hilsa fish with curd, haldi and little salt.Grind the mustard and green chillies to a fine paste. Grind the coconut also to a semi coarse paste.Then add haldi, red chilli powder and mustard oil.Add salt and pinch of sugar(optional).Also add mustard oil.Arrange fish in a micro safe bowl and cook for 5 mins. Otherwise arrange fish in a steel tiffin box and place it over a wok half filled with water.Cover and cook for 10 mins.When cool, open lid..
2. Garnish with red and green chillies.Serve with rice..