Easiest Way to Best Appetizing Fish Pollichathu

Easiest Way to Best Appetizing Fish Pollichathu Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Fish Pollichathu. Meen pollichathu is the traditional Kerala style of fish fry where the fish is marinated with freshly ground masala and then wrapped in banana leaves, and grilled in the pan until the charcoal marks appear on the banana leaf. Meen Pollichathu - Kerala style Meen Pollichathu cooked in coconut oil covered with banana leaves - vazhayila. Traditionally done with karimeen - pearl spot fish.

Here, we see a variation of it, without using the wrap and steam method.

Add more masala on the fish.

Fold the leaf to cover the fish.

You can have Fish Pollichathu using 18 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Fish Pollichathu

1. Prepare 350 grams of Fish preferably with less bones.

2. It’s 2 of large onions finely chopped.

3. It’s 2 of medium tomatoes.

4. Prepare 6 of shallots.

5. Prepare 1 piece of ginger.

6. Prepare 6 pods of garlic.

7. It’s 1 spoon of Kashmiri Chilli powder.

8. It’s 1 spoon of Coriander powder.

9. Prepare 1/2 spoon of Turmeric powder.

10. You need As required of salt.

11. You need 1 spoon of Fennel/saunf.

12. It’s 1 spoon of jeera.

13. You need 1 spoon of Pepper corns.

14. It’s 4 sprigs of Curry leaves.

15. Prepare 1/2 of lemon size Tamarind.

16. You need 50 ml of Coconut oil.

17. You need 1 spoon of Mustard seeds.

18. You need 2 of green chillies.

Secure with a twine or banana string.

Place fish parcels in the pan.

Karimeen Pollichathu is a delicious fish fry recipe which belongs to the South Indian cuisine.

If you love fish then, this recipe is a must-try for you!

Fish Pollichathu step by step

1. Marinate fish pieces with 1/2 spoon turmeric powder, 1/2 spoon chilli powder and salt as required for at least 30 minutes. Shallow fry them and drain it over kitchen towel.

2. Soak tamarind in water for at least 20 minutes. Keep other things ready..

3. In a blender/mixie jar add 1 spoon saunf, 1 spoon jeera, 1 spoon pepper corns.

4. Add shallots, ginger, green chillies.

5. And garlic and grind coarsely.

6. Then open the mixie jar/blender and add tomatoes and grind them and keep the paste aside..

7. In another pan add 4 spoons of coconut oil and add 1 spoon of mustard seeds and let it spluter. Then add finely chopped onions and 2 sprigs of curry leaves and fry the onions till it is golden brown.

8. Then add the grinded paste and saute for 2 minutes.

9. Then add salt, kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and saute for 2 minutes. Then add tamarind juice and saute till raw smell goes off and keep the masala ready.

10. Now heat a banana leaf over gas stove and soften it. Do not overburn. This step is to ensure that the banana leaf doesnt tear off when assembling. Spread a layer of onion tomato masala over the banana leaf.

11. Then place the fish pieces over it and also top some more masala over the fish. Add some raw onions on top.

12. And some curry leaves and wrap the banana leaf tightly(not very tight) but without gaps and tie it with a thread.

13. In a tawa add 3 spoons coconut oil and place the wrapped fish pocket. Cover and cook on both sides for 10 minutes each on medium high flame..

14. Take it off from stove. Cut the threads and open the fish and relish the flavours of Fish Polichathu.

This South Indian fish recipe will surely take your food experience up by a notch with its delectable flavours!

Kerala Meen Pollichathu / Fried Fish in Banana Leaf Wrap is wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked with spicy masala sauce.

Whether using Pearl Spot, Pomfret, Red Snapper, or Mackerel (whichever is freshest and available at the fishmonger), you can ask the fishmonger to do all the squeamish work like gutting, cleaning, and fin removal.

Meen Pollichathu is a spicy top rated fish delicacy available in top restaurants.

The dish can be easily prepared at home.