Karimeen Ilayil Pollichathu (Pearl Spot Steam Cooked in Banana Leaf)
Ingredients for Karimeen Ilayil Pollichathu (Pearl Spot Steam Cooked in Banana Leaf):
1. Pearlspot (Karimeen) medium sized – 3 (600 gm)
2. Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 small spoon
Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon
Pepper powder – A pinch
Salt – For taste
3. Coconut oil – 8 big spoons
4. Shallots chopped – 2 cups
Ginger chopped – 1 small spoon
Garlic chopped – 1 small spoon
Curry leaves – A few
5. Kashmiri chilli powder – 2 small spoons
Meat masala powder – 1/2 small spoon
Turmeric powder – 1/4 small spoon
6. Tomato – 1 small, chopped fine
7. Coconut milk – 1/3 cup
8. Coconut vinegar – 1 small spoon
Salt – For taste
How to prepare Karimeen Ilayil Pollichathu (Pearl Spot Steam Cooked in Banana Leaf)?
1. Clean pearl spot and marinate it with ingredients no: 2.
2. Allow it to rest for 1 hour.
3. In a pan, pour 6 big spoons of coconut oil and fry the fish.
4. In the remaining oil, sauté ingredients no: 4.
5. Add fish to it, along with coconut milk.
6. When fish is well-cooked and gravy thickens, add vinegar and salt, and put off the flame.
7. Place a little gravy on banana leaf, followed by a fish and one more layer of gravy.
8. Wrap it well, and continue the process for remaining fish.
9. Heat 2 spoons of oil in a tawa and place wrapped fish on it.
10. Flip both sides and fry.
11. When colour of leaf changes, take the steamed fish from tawa.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 16-29, 2022
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