Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, meen pollichathu- kerala style fried fish steamed in banana leaf. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have meen pollichathu- kerala style fried fish steamed in banana leaf using 31 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Meen Pollichathu- Kerala style fried fish steamed in banana leaf:
- Take full fillets of vanjaram (seer fish)
- Prepare Coconut oil for frying
- Prepare Banana leaves for steaming
- Get Tooth peaks or thread for tying parcels
- Take Onion rings and lime wedge for garnish
- Prepare For the marinade:-
- Prepare coconut oil
- Get green chilli chopped
- Prepare turmeric powder
- Get coriander powder
- Take cumin powder
- Prepare Kashmiri red chilli powder
- Prepare garam masala / whole spice powder
- Take salt
- Make ready fish masala powder (optional)
- Take For the onion masala:-
- Get large onions sliced thin
- Take curry leaves bunch
- Take green chillies finely chopped
- Make ready ginger finely chopped
- Take large cloves garlic chopped finely
- Make ready salt
- Get red chilli powder
- Prepare turmeric
- Get fish masala powder
- Prepare cumin powder
- Take garam masala
- Take coriander powder
- Get Apple cider vinegar
- Get red food colour (optional)
- Make ready Coconut oil for frying
Steps to make Meen Pollichathu- Kerala style fried fish steamed in banana leaf:
- Make the marinade for the fish ready first. Add all ingredients under marinade to a bowl. Make horizontal gashes or cuts on the fish (3 per piece) to help masala seep in well. Coat each piece of fish front and back well. Let it rest in the fridge for 20 mins.
- Prep the veggies for onion masala.
- In a non-stick pan add coconut oil. Throw in the ginger, garlic, green chillies & curry leaves until it turns aromat.
- Next add the onions to the pan and fry on medium-high flame until it browns well.
- Now add spices under onion masala to the pan. Mix well.
- Cover and cook on medium flame until raw smell of chilli powder leaves and oil begins to separate. The onion masala is now ready. Set aside.
- Fry the marinated fish on both sides with coconut oil until half cooked or for 4 mins (per side) Do not over cook the fish.
- Cut a big fresh banana leaf into 4 square pieces.
- Place one fried fish on top of leaf. Place 2 tbsp of the onion masala over it. Spread it all over evenly.
- Now make parcels with the banana leaves using tooth peaks or thread. Make all 4 parcels this way.
- Steam the fish parcels 2 by 2 in an idli cooker for 15-20 mins.
- Once all the steam in cooker evaporates, remove the parcels carefully. Garnish fish fry with onion rings and lime wedge. Serve immediately.
- Some tips: 1) you can use any fish here but mackerel and seer fish work well for this recipe.
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- instead of fish masala powder you can substitute with little coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and tamarind water.
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- instead of steaming in idli cooker you can also bake the fish. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius and bake for 15-20 mins after frying.
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