Karimeen Pollichathu Recipe

Karimeen pollichathu- Kerala Style

Traditional karimeen pollichathu recipe in kuttanadan style

Few days back we had karimeen pollichathu from a restaurant.The taste was not good 🙁 and it costs around 300 for one fish.Next weekend my hubby bought karimeen from market(usually he won’t buy fresh water fishes from here).I got surprised and decided to give him a grant treat with the karimeen 😀 (I had some banana leaves with me brought from home). Prepared karimeen pollichathu ,matta rice cabbage poriyal and moru curry (All his favorites 🙂 <3 ) .He loved pollichathu and told we will buy karimeen from here.I asked him " but you don't like to buy fresh water fish from here na? " .He laughed and said 'no probs....its tasty' :D . I have already tried Karimeen Fry,Ayala Pollichathu(with step by step photos) and Mathi pollichathu. Hope you will like these recipes too.

Ingredients

For Fry Karimeen

4 no of Karmieen / Pearl Spot
1 tbsp. of ginger garlic paste
1 spn. of chilli powder
1/2 spn. of turmeric powder
2 spn. of lemon juice
3 springs of curry leaves
Salt as required
2 tbsp. of oil

For Masala

2 no of onion (finely sliced) or 20 no of finely chopped shallots
2 spn. of ginger garlic paste
3 no of finely sliced tomato
4 springs of curry leaves
1 spn. of chilli powder
1/2 spn. of turmeric powder
2 pinch of fenugreek powder
1/6 spn. of pepper powder
1 spn. of lemon juice
2 tbsp. of oil
salt as required

Karimeen pollichathu Preparation Method

Step 01

Grind chilli powder,turmeric powder,curry leaves,ginger garlic paste,lemon juice and salt to smooth fine paste.

Step 02

Marinate fish with this paste and keep aside for 15 minute.

Step 03

Heat oil in a pan.

Step 04

Shallow fry fish up to 10-15 minutes.Keep aside

Masala

Step 01

Heat oil in a pan

Step 02

Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes off.

Step 03

Add finely chopped onion (or shallots),green chillies and curry leaves.Fry well.

Step 04

When onion get fried,add sliced tomatoes.Fry till tomatoes became mushy.

Step 05

Add chilli powder,turmeric powder,fenugreek powder,salt and pepper powder.Saute for 1 minute in low flame.Add lemon juice last and mix well.Remove from flame.

Step 06

Take banana leaf and lightly heat it on stove top up to 1-2 minute.Heat all the side of the leaf.

Step 07

Place half of masala on top of the leaf.Sprinkle some curry leaves

Step 08

Then place our fried karimeen.

Step 09

Again place the remaining masala and cover all the side of fish.

Step 10

Fold the leaf as from all the sides.You can tie the leaf with a thread.I used one more heated banana leaf instead of thread.

Step 11

Heat a tawa or nonstick pan with 1 spn. of oil(preferred coconut oil)

Step 12

Place the packed fish and cook in low flame (6-8 minute each side)

Step 13

Drizzle some oil on the top of leaf and turn carefully to cook the other side.

Step 14

Once it it cooked both the sides,remove from fire and open.

Step 15

Serve hot with rice,appam.

Note:
Here I used 4 karimeen, so we need 4 banana leaves for each.

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