Name: Kerala Style Karimeen Pollichathu
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 nos Pearl spot fish (Karimeen); ½ cup Small onions (chopped, Kunjulli); Ginger (finely chopped); 5 nos Green chillies (finely chopped); Curry leaves (A few); 1 cup Thick coconut milk; Plantain leaves (A few, Vazha ela); 1 piece Ginger; 5 nos Garlic pods; 2 tsp Chilly powder; 1 tbsp Pepper powder; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; Curry leaves (A few); Salt (As reqd)

Kerala Style Karimeen Pollichathu

Karimeen Pollichathu

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Prep Time 20 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

2 nos Pearl spot fish Karimeen
½ cup Small onions chopped, Kunjulli
Ginger finely chopped
5 nos Green chillies finely chopped
Curry leaves A few
1 cup Thick coconut milk
Plantain leaves A few, Vazha ela

For paste:-

1 piece Ginger
5 nos Garlic pods
2 tsp Chilly powder
1 tbsp Pepper powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
Curry leaves A few
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Grind together the ingredients for making the paste.
Marinate the fish with the above paste for an hour or so.
Coat a few heated plantain leaves with oil.
Place the marinated fish over it and place the whole thing in a frying pan.
Keep the flame on low, cover and cook, till it is done.
Heat up another frying pan.
Add the chopped small onions, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves and sautT lightly.
Place the cooked fish (without the plantain leaves) in the above pan and coat it with the sautTed masala.
:- See to it that the fish doesn¦t get broken. :- Do not discard the plantain leaves as u can use it while serving.
Add coconut milk and mix well with the masala.
Adjust the level of salt.
Simmer for a few mins, till the all the water gets evaporated.
Wrap it in the plantain leaves while serving.