Ayla Pathiri is One of the favorites from Malabar cuisine i.e. rice pancakes stuffed with fish and steamed.
Pathiri is a term used loosely in Malabar region of Kerala to mean roti/chappathi/ or flatbread. This is another of those traditional Malabar recipes that is getting endangered and should be on a protected list.

Prep Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
For grinding:
- Coconut - ½ of
- Fennel seeds(few) -
- Turmeric powder(few) -
- Chilli powder(few) -
- Ginger - 3 or
- garlic - 10 to
- Chilly - 3 nos
- Banana leaves(cut piece) - 5 nos
Ingredients
For grinding:
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Instructions
- Soak the rice in water for 2 hours.
- Put some fennel into it. Putting of turmeric powder is optional.
- Cut the mackerel into slight big pieces and remove the thorns of them.
- Grind the coconut, fennel seeds, and chili powder and turmeric powder in a mixer grinder with little water as if to form a paste.
- Take a pan and add some oil. Add curry leaves to it.
- Put chopped onion into it. Sauté them well till it becomes brown color.
- Add chopped tomato to it and sauté them well.
- Add the coconut paste to it.
- Cook them well. Put coriander leaves and off the stove.
- Put some masala over it.
- Put one piece fried mackerel over it..
- Fold the banana leaf.
- Continue this process for every pathiri.
- Steam these pathirees for some time.
- Remove the banana leaf, cut them and serve hot.
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