Karimeen Pollichathu/Fish Pollichathu (Kerala Dishes)

Karimeen Pollichathu/Fish Pollichathu

This is really easy to prepare and taste yummy. Please try it and give me your feed back.

Ingredients 1

·         Pearl Onion(Chuvannulli) 20

·         Ginger ¼ size of a finger

·         Garlic pods 1

·         Green chilli 2

·         Turmeric powder ½ tsp

·         Red chilli powder 1 tsp

·         Salt as required

Ingredients 2

·         Banana leaf 4 piece

·         Oil for frying

·         Karimeen 4 medium sized

·         Curry leaves 6 stalks

Prepare a paste of ingredients 1. Take half of the paste and rub it all over the fish in and out. Keep it in the refrigerator for one hour for absorb it into the fish. Half fry both sides of the fish in the coconut oil (Put the 2 curry leaves stalk with stem in the oil to avoid sticking of the fish into the pan)and take it.

Now take a plantain leaf put some of the masala paste place the half fried fish on it, above the fish put some masala paste and a curry leaf. Cover the plantain leaf and tie it. Now take pan with coconut oil put wrapped fish into the pan. Keep flame on low, cover it and cook, till it is done.