Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mathi pollichathu (sardines cooked in banana leaf). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Sardine is cooked in Banana Leaf and then cooked in Kanal-Charcoal. You just have to try it. This is a very traditional dish which I just love and is very much like the Fish/ Meen Pollichathu recipe but with some variation to reduce the sharp flavor.
Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) is one of the most well liked of current viral foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mathi pollichathu (sardines cooked in banana leaf) using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf):
- Prepare 500 gm sardines cleaned
- Get 6-7 birds eye chilli
- Get 3 small shallots, sliced
- Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 1 tsp coriander powder
- Take 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- Get 2 sprig curry leaves
- Take 1.5 cup coconut milk (diluted)
- Make ready 1 cup thick coconut milk
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take As needed Banana leaves
Pollichathu literally means heating up, so traditionally, fish and the masala are wrapped in banana leaf and heated on a clay pot over slow fire. Sardine is cooked in Banana Leaf and then cooked in Kanal-Charcoal. Pictured - Rice, chena ularthu, mathi pollichathu. The base of the curry is a blend of onion tomato mustard mixture, which lends a unique flavour.
Step by Step to make Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf):
- Wash and clean the banana leaf and thaw it directly on the heat. Heating the leaf makes it flexible to fold. Place and layer the leaf inside the earthen cooking vessel.
- Clean the fish and apply turmeric, coriander, chilli, salt and gently massage it for the flavours to get it. Add the shallot, green chilli and curry leaves. Check for seasoning and adjust accordingly.
- Place the marinated fish on top of the banana leaf and pour the diluted coconut milk. Place the vessel on low heat and allow it to cook for 10 to 15 minutes until the coconut milk evaporates. Then pour the thick milk over it, cook for a minutes and switch off the flame.
- Delicious Fish in typical kerala style is ready to be served with steamed rice.
The use of earthern pot makes the sardine curry all the more tasty. I have posted before Kerala pearl spot wrapped in banana leaf, which uses banana leaf. Mathi, Sardines, Chala, Seafood, Cooking Method Now we need to heat the leaf pack in a pan. When the leaf gets brown in colour, remove it from the pan. Then open the leaf pack and enjoy the Mathi Pollichathu!!!
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