Fish polichathu with Banana leaf
Fish polichathu with Banana leaf

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Fish polichathu with Banana leaf is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Fish polichathu with Banana leaf is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Wrap the fish with the banana leaf. Tie it well using a banana string or twine. Heat some oil in a pan, and place the wrapped fish in the pan.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have fish polichathu with banana leaf using 25 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Fish polichathu with Banana leaf:
  1. Make ready 200 g pomphret
  2. Prepare 1 banana leaf
  3. Prepare For marination
  4. Take 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  5. Prepare 1 tsp coriander powder
  6. Make ready 1 tsp chilli powder
  7. Prepare 1 tsp pepper powder
  8. Take 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  9. Take 1 lemon juice
  10. Take 1 TSP curd
  11. Prepare Salt as required
  12. Prepare 1 tsp coconut oil
  13. Get For masala
  14. Get 1/2 cup chopped onions
  15. Take 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
  16. Prepare 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  17. Take 1/2 spn turmeric powder
  18. Take 2 tbsp curry leaves
  19. Prepare 1 tsp chilli powder
  20. Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
  21. Prepare 1/4 spn garam masala
  22. Take 2 tsp coriander leaves chopped
  23. Take Salt as required
  24. Make ready 2 tsp coconut paste
  25. Make ready Coconut oil for frying

Without a doubt, it's stunning enough to be the centerpiece at your next seafood meal. Meen Pollichathu - Kerala style Meen Pollichathu cooked in coconut oil covered with banana leaves - vazhayila. Traditionally done with karimeen - pearl spot fish. Anthony Bourdain during his trip to Kerala compared the technique of cooking the fish in banana leaf to the classic french technique of. ' Meen Pollichathu ' - The luscious tangy gravy that coats to tender but slightly crisped fish-sure to please fish lovers!

Instructions to make Fish polichathu with Banana leaf:
  1. Add all the marination ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Apply the mixture over the fishes and leave it for about 30mins. Heat oil in a wide pan and fry the fish over medium flame.
  2. Once it is cooked on one side, turn it over to fry it on the other side. Once it is fully fried, keep it aside. Heat oil in another pan, Add onion and saute till it becomes translucent. Add ginger garlic paste, tomatoes and all dry masala. Allow it to cook till it turns mushy by stirring occasionally.
  3. Take a banana leaf. Wilt it by running it over a medium heat to make the leaf soft (this step makes it easy to fold the leaf without tearing). Spread the masala say the bottom of leaf and keep fish on top. Again apply masala to fish and cover it with banana leaf.
  4. Take a pan and add oil. Just place the leaf over pan and fry till golden brown. Wait for few minutes and remove the leaf. Serve it hot with lemon.
  5. Note: coconut paste is optional so if u do not like it then ignore it. Cook the recipe with pearl spot karimeen.

Tie up the banana leaf into a neat parcel, either by tying the parcel securely with strings made from the banana leaf OR securing with toothpicks. I love cooking with whole fish; when the fish is wrapped in banana leaf and cooked, it gets even more exciting. This dish is called "Meen Pollichathu" in Malayalam and is served at most of the fine Kerala restaurants and also served in house boats. For the Wraps : Banana Leaves coated with coconut oil. This is a yummy fish recipe which is filled with a lovely banana leaf aroma since it is cooked in it.

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