Mathi Pollichathu
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For marinating: Mathi ( chala)            8 no’s Chili powder             ½ tsp Pepper powder          1tsp Turmeric powder       ¼ tsp Salt                            as required Oil                             3 tbsp Other ingredients : Shallots(kunjulli)       ¾ cup Chili powder             ¾ tsp Green chilies chopped 3 Ginger chopped         1 tbsp Garlic chopped          1tbsp Turmeric powder       ¼ tsp Curry leaves              8 Coconut milk             ½ cup Tomato                      1 salt                             As required Plantain leaf/ foil paper           4
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Marinate the mathi (chala) with red chili powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder, and salt. Keep it for 30 minutes. And then heat 3 table spoon oil in a pan and add the curry leaves to it .Then add the marinated mathi on top of it.
  2. Cover it with lid and fry it till both sides become lightly fried .Drain it out from the oil.
  3. Then add garlic, and ginger to the same oil. Add the kunjulli and saute it well.
  4. Add chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix it well. Then add tomato to it and when it is done add the coconut milk and curry leaves to it.
  5. When the gravy becomes thicken turn of the fire.
  6. Then slightly smoke the banana leaf then it will become flexible.
  7. In aluminum foil or banana leaf place two fish in the center and then pour the gravy to it and wrap the fish and tie it with cotton thread. Then heat it in non stick pan till both sides become cooked well.
Recipe by Kerala Cooking Recipes at https://www.keralacookingrecipes.com/mathi-pollichathu/