Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, moruka maacher paturi (anchovies cooked in banana leaf - bengali style). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Macher Paturi has always been a great favourite of mine. Sometimes Ma used to make Paturi in a kadai where he dumped the marinated fish and simmered on low flame until the fishes were cooked from inside. If you are using frozen banana leaves then thaw them and use immediately.
Moruka Maacher Paturi (Anchovies cooked in Banana Leaf - bengali Style) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Moruka Maacher Paturi (Anchovies cooked in Banana Leaf - bengali Style) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have moruka maacher paturi (anchovies cooked in banana leaf - bengali style) using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moruka Maacher Paturi (Anchovies cooked in Banana Leaf - bengali Style):
- Get 250-300 gm anchovies cleaned
- Take 1 tbsp. mustard paste /kasundi paste (store bought)
- Prepare 2 green chilies slit
- Take 1 tbsp mustard oil
- Make ready salt to taste
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1 onion chopped
- Take 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
- Prepare 1 plantain leaf / aluminium foil
Generally we Bengalis make paturi using Ilish (hilsa fish) or Pudina Rice Recipe (Spicy Mint Pulao), along with Bengali Style Cholar Dal Recipe and. Macher Paturi is a Bengali delicacy that uses banana leaves to wrap and steam fish marinated in mustard sauce. It resembles a lot the Sri Lankan style lamprais which are parcels The mildly woody smell of the banana leaf mingled with the unmistakable aroma of mustard and fish are hard to resist. Macher Paturi is one of the favorite fish preparations to any Bengali.
Instructions to make Moruka Maacher Paturi (Anchovies cooked in Banana Leaf - bengali Style):
- In a bowl, mix the fish along with all the above mentioned ingredients, except plantain leaf. If using plantain leaf, heat it on an open flame for a few seconds to make it pliable.
- Now place the fish mix in the plantain leaf and secure it tightly with a toothpick. Alternatively it can be cooked in an aluminium foil too.
- Cook on a tawa / griddle on low flame, covered for 10 minutes on both sides. Serve with hot steamed rice.
Unfortunately, it's neither commonly available in restaurants nor made at home regularly. So you won't get many chances to enjoy this dish. Bhetki Macher Paturi is a signature Bengali fish dish where Bhetki Maach is wrapped in Banana leaf with a paste of Mustard & Coconut & cooked in slow flame. If Paturi is prepared using Gourd leaves then that leaves or Saag is also eaten along with the fish chunk. I took some Gourd leaves yesterday.
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