Bengali Recipe

Bengali Bhapa Maach-Steamed Fish with Mustard Sauce

August 24, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments

Bengali Bhapa Maach-Steamed Fish with Mustard Sauce
Bhapa Maach (steamed Fish) is very famous and popular recipe in Bengali cuisine. "Bhapa" means steamed "Maach" means Fish.  Basically bhapa maach is healthy steamed fish in mustard sauce recipe.
Traditionally bhapa mach is made with Rohu, Hilsa, Baramundi fish. But Today I have come with very unique Salmon Bhapa recipe. Bhapa salmon is really testy treat and has unique test than other bhapa mach recipe. Bhapa maach is really simple and easy to make fish recipe. Bhapa is non spicy and delicious curry cooked in mustard sauce (sorshe maach). You can try this recipe with other fishes or prawns.

Ingredients
1 tbsp. black mustard seed
1 tbsp. yellow mustard seed
1 tbsp. poppy seed
1 tbsp. curd/yogurt
2 1/2 tbsp. grated coconut
5-6 green chilies
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
250 grams salmon/fish of your cFhoice
salt
mustard oil.
Method:

1. Take a mixer grinder jar add two types of mustard seeds, poppy seed, curd, grated coconut, 4 green chilies, turmeric powder, sugar and some water and blend it into very fine and smooth paste.
2. Try to take fresh fish. Wash and clean the fish very well. Rub some salt.
3. Take steel tifin box or oven proof pot. Place those fish pieces and mustard sauce. 
4. Add slit green chilies and some water.  Mix iy gently and add generous amout of mustard oil. Do not skip mustard oil. Close the tifin box with the lid or foil paper.
5. Preheat the oven 200°C and bake Bhapa Maach/ Fish for 25-30 minutes.
6. You can bake it into a pressure cooker if you do not have oven.
7. So our bhapa maach is ready to serve. Serve it with some boiled rice and enjoy.