Name: Laupata Illish(Hilsa cooked on bottle gourd leaves recipe by Dimple's Chakraborty at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Hilsa pieces 5; Mustard seeds 2 tbsp; Laupata(bottlegourd leaves) 10; Salt to taste; Mustard oil 2 tbsp for cooking; Green chillies 7; Turmeric powder 1/2 tp

ABOUT Laupata Illish(Hilsa cooked on bottle gourd leaves RECIPE

Hilsa preparation on leaves

Ingredients Serving: 5

Hilsa pieces 5
Mustard seeds 2 tbsp
Laupata(bottlegourd leaves) 10
Salt to taste
Mustard oil 2 tbsp for cooking
Green chillies 7
Turmeric powder 1/2 tp

Instructions

1 First make a mustard paste with mustard seeds,1 tp salt and 4 green chillies,water.
2 Now marinate the hilsa pieces with turmeric,mustard paste,1 tbsp mustard oil and salt per need.Coat it well.
3 Now heat a flat pan and add 1tbsp of mustard oil.Heat the oil and place the leaves one after another on the pan. 4 Now place the marinated hilsa on gourd leaves.Pour the whole leaveover marination.Paste should be little runny.
5 Now cover the hilsa with other leftover leaves.Cover with a lid.
6 Now steam it for 7 min on low flame and hilsa is ready.

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