Fish Recipe: Steamed Hilsha Fish Recipe -Ilish Bhapa (Bengali Recipe)

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Fish Recipe: Ilish Bhapa (Bengali Recipe)
Fish Recipe: Ilish Bhapa ©Nehar's Cooking Studio

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We make different types of fish recipes usually, use various types of ingredients and procedures. Islish bhapa is such a recipe which needs you less time ,less ingredients and esy cooking process. Actually, its a bengali recipe which cooked in steamed water and served with mustard sauce. Hilsha fish recipe is a very tasty and yummy that you won't forget to taste again. So, I have tried to share here the best and actual Bhapa islih or hilsha fish curry in Bengali process.

  Ingredients

 Hilsha Fish (500 gm)
 Mustard Paste
  • 1 tablespoon White Mustard seed
  • 3/2 tablespoon Black Mustard Seed
  • 2 pcs Green Chili
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
 1/2 teaspoon Red Chili powder
 1/3 cup Mustard Oil (80 ml)
 1/4 cup Mustard paste water
 4 pcs Green Chili
 Salt (according to taste)

  Duration

Prep:15 mins   
Cooking:30 mins

  Total Time

45 mins

  Make Servings

05 people
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  Step-By-Step Procedure

1. Take 1 tablespoon White Mustard seed, 3/2 tablespoon Black Mustard Seed,2 pcs Green Chili,1/2 teaspoon Salt and paste them in blender finely.
Take 1 tablespoon White Mustard seed, 3/2 tablespoon Black Mustard Seed,2 pcs Green Chili,1/2 teaspoon Salt and paste them in blender finely.
2. Take processed Hilsha Fish (without head and tail) and marinate it with mustard paste, 1/3 cup muatard oil,turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt.
Take processed Hilsha Fish (without head and tail) and marinate it with mustard paste, 1/3 cup muatard oil,turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt.
3. Keep it on rest for 15 minutes.
4. 15 minutes later, Marinate it again.Ensure that the spices are sticked to every fish slices and keep it on rest for another 10 minutes.
5. Take a saucepan(small) and put the fish slices in it.
Take a saucepan(small) and put the fish slices in it.
6. Put the 4 green chilis and cover it with a lid.Put it in a quite big pan and pour water in the pan for steam. Notice that the water level will be at the bottom of the saucepan.
Put the 4 green chilis and cover it with a lid.Put it in a quite big pan and pour water in the pan for steam. Notice that the water level will be at the bottom of the saucepan.
7. Put of the lid and cook the fish in the steam for 30 minutes on low mideum heat.
Put of the lid and cook the fish in the steam for 30 minutes on low mideum heat.
8. Bring out from the pan and serve the fish curry ' ilish bhapa ' with your family and relatives.
Bring out from the pan and serve the fish curry ' ilish bhapa ' with your family and relatives.

  Nutrition Facts of Hilsha Fish

Calories 309.58/100 g Hilsha Fish
Calories from fat 200.00
  • Protein 24.72 g/100 g
  • Total fat 22 g/100 g
  • Total carbohydrate 3.29 g/100 g
  • Vitamin C 27.22 mg/100g
  • Calcium 204.12 mg/100 g
  • Iron 2.38 mg/100 g
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  Pros & Cons

Pros
  • Easy Cooking process
  • No need of special skill
  • Less ingredients
  • Time saving recipe
  • Very tempting taste and flavour
Cons
  • Mustard seeds contain High colestrol

  Notes

  • *Try to buy at least 500 gm Hilsha fish for this fish recipe.
  • *Real 'ilish bhapa' cooking duration may slightly vary from standrad time.

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