Meen(fish 🐠) Polichadhu

Name: Meen(fish 🐠) Polichadhu
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: To marinate and fry:; 1 Pomfret fish; 1 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1 1/2 tsp coriander powder; 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp pepper powder; 3/4 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tbsp lemon juice; to taste Salt; As required Coconut oil to fry; For masala sauce:; 1 Onion, chopped; 1 Tomato, chopped; 1 tbsp Ginger chopped; 1 tbsp Garlic chopped; 2 tsp Green chillies; 1 spring Curry leaves; 1 tsp Red chilli powder; 1 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; 1 tsp Pepper powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 1/2 tbsp Tamarind water; 1 tsp Coconut, shredded; 1 tsp Coriander leaves roughly chopped; to taste Salt; 1 tsp Coconut oil; To wrap and serve:; 1 Banana leaf, broad enough to wrap; As required Banana string or twine to tie; As required Coconut oil to grease

🎀 𝒞𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓎 𝐵𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 🎀 @cook_26676380

This is a tastiest recipe from kerala. Non veg lovers especially fish lovers just love to taste it #feast

🎀 𝒞𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓎 𝐵𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 🎀 @cook_26676380

This is a tastiest recipe from kerala. Non veg lovers especially fish lovers just love to taste it #feast

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Ingredients

50mins

1 serving

To marinate and fry:
1Pomfret fish
1 1/2 tspginger garlic paste
1 1/2 tspcoriander powder
1 1/2 tspred chilli powder
1 tsppepper powder
3/4 tspturmeric powder
2 tbsplemon juice
to tasteSalt
As required Coconut oil to fry
For masala sauce:
1 Onion, chopped
1Tomato, chopped
1 tbspGinger chopped
1 tbspGarlic chopped
2 tspGreen chillies
1 spring Curry leaves
1 tspRed chilli powder
1 1/2 tspCoriander powder
1 tspPepper powder
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
1 1/2 tbspTamarind water
1 tspCoconut, shredded
1 tspCoriander leaves roughly chopped
to tasteSalt
1 tspCoconut oil
To wrap and serve:
1Banana leaf, broad enough to wrap
As required Banana string or twine to tie
As required Coconut oil to grease
1 springCurry leaves
As per taste Lemon juice to sprinkle

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Steps

50mins

1

In a bowl add coriander powder, chilli powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder and salt.
2

Mix the dry ingredients together.
3

Add ginger garlic paste and lemon juice.
4

Mix it again make it a masala paste and keep it aside.
5

Clean the fish competely put the masala paste on the fish spread the masala all over the fish and let it marinate.
6

Now fry the fish on medium flame, once it is cooked on one side turn it to another side.
7

In another pan add some oil and add chopped ginger garlic and saute for few seconds and add chopped onions and tomatoes then add green chillies and curry leaves, stir it occasionally.
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Add red chilli powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt, mix it well and add tamarind water and allow it to cook for some time.
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Now add the chopped coriander and coconut and let cook for some time.
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To this masala sauce add the fried fish.
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Cover half of the masala on the top of the fish and keep the remaining to place it on the banana leaf.
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Take a banana leaf
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Wilt it by turning it over a medium flame to make it soft.
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Grease the leaf with coconut oil.
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Sprinkle onion and curry leaves on the top of the leaf and add the other half masala and place the fish on the masala.
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Wrap the fish with banana leaf and tie it with banana string or a twine.
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Heat some oil in the pan and place the fish on the pan and then cover with the lid cook for 5 mins and turn over on the other side and cook for 5 mins so that the banana leaf flavor would infuse into the fish. Now take it out and your meen polichadu is ready to taste.