ilish macher bhapa / bhapa ilish / Steamed Hilsa Fish

Ingredients :

1. Hilsa Fish / Ilish Mach - 3 Pieces

2. Salt  to taste

3. Mustard  Oil As Required

4. Slit  green  Chili - 2 pieces

5. Coconut grated and paste  - 1/2 cup

6. Mustard seeds paste -  4 table spoon

7. Turmeric powder  as required

8. Green  Chili paste 1 table spoon

9. Poppy  Seeds Paste - 1 tea spoon

Methods :

1. Step 1 - Ilish mach / Hilsa fish wash and cleaned .

2. Step - 2 , Now  take a bowl . Mix salt to taste and add 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder . Rub all over fish . Marinate  for  about   5 - 10 minutes .

3. Step - 3 , Take a  tiffin box . Put  the fish pieces or  Add marinate fish , pour 3 table spoon of mustard oil on the top , add slit green  chili 2 pieces , add coconut grated and paste  1/2 cup , add mustard seeds paste 4 table spoon , add green chili paste  1 table spoon  and add poppy seeds paste  1 tea spoon . Mix it very well .  Cover  and close the lid  of the tiffin  box .

4. Step - 4 , Take a wok . Next add 3 cup of water into the wok . Put the tiffin box into the wok  . Cover the wok and close the lid . Reduce to  heat very low  . Cook for 15 minutes . After 15 minutes . Switch off the flame .

5. Serve hot fish  with steamed  rice .