Meen pollichathu/ Fish fried in banana leaf wrap

Name: Meen pollichathu/ Fish fried in banana leaf wrap
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 big black pomfret fish; 1 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1/2 tsp fennel powder; to taste Salt; as needed Lemon juice; 1 tsp water; 5 shallots; 1/2 tsp fennel powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 7-8 curry leaves; 1 chopped onion; 2 tsp crushed ginger garlic paste; 1 small tomato; 2 tbsp water; 1/2 tsp vinegar; 1 banana leaf; as required Few lemon slices; as required Few green chillies; 1/4 cup coconut oil

Rafeena Majid @Rafz_2285

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Kerala Meen Pollichathu / Fish fried in Banana Leaf Wrap is traditionally known as Karimeen Pollichathu as this recipe is traditionally made with Karimeen (Pearl spot fish). Here I have made it with Pomfret fish (you can make it with any kind of fish). Kerala Meen Pollichathu is wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked with spicy masala.

Rafeena Majid @Rafz_2285

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Ingredients

30 mins

2 servings

Fish marination:
1big black pomfret fish
1 1/2 tspginger garlic paste
1 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspturmeric
1 tspcoriander powder
1/2 tspfennel powder
to tasteSalt
as neededLemon juice
1 tspwater
To grind:-
5shallots
1/2 tspfennel powder
1/2 tspturmeric
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspkashmiri chilli powder
1 tspcoriander powder
To fry masala:-
7-8 curry leaves
1chopped onion
2 tspcrushed ginger garlic paste
1small tomato
2 tbspwater
1/2 tspvinegar
1banana leaf
as required Few lemon slices
as requiredFew green chillies
1/4 cupcoconut oil

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Steps

30 mins

1

Clean well the fish and put slits on them.
2

Mix all item in marination and make a paste and apply on fish and keep aside for marination.
3

Take a pan add coconut oil and when hot fry the fish on both sides till done.
4

Mix all the ingredients from to grind and grind without water. In the same pan add coconut oil and add the curry leaves and onion chopped and saute.
5

Add ginger garlic crushed and thwn the grinded masala and saute well. Add tomato chopped and saute.
6

Add little water and cover and cook the masala. Add little vinegar and mix well. Masala is ready. Take a banana leaf and just on the flame heat the banana leaf so that it will be easy to fold. Add half masala on the leaf.
7

Keep the fried fish on that and cover with the masala.top with curry leaves, green chilli chopped.Fold and tie with the leaf twigs.
8

Take a pan add coconut oil and place the wrapped fish on the pan and fry bith the sides till nice aroma comes and till colour changes. Open and serve with lemon wedges.
9

Serve hot with rice and enjoy.