Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mathi pollichathu (sardines cooked in banana leaf). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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):
- Get 500 gm sardines cleaned
- Prepare 6-7 birds eye chilli
- Take 3 small shallots, sliced
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 1 tsp coriander powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- Take 2 sprig curry leaves
- Take 1.5 cup coconut milk (diluted)
- Prepare 1 cup thick coconut milk
- Get to taste Salt
- Make ready As needed Banana leaves
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. The use of earthern pot makes the sardine curry all the more tasty.
Steps 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.
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!!! Mathi or sardines are cooked in tomatoes and coconut milk, with coconut oil.
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