Meen Pollichathu – It’s a traditional Kerala dish prepared (steaming/ frying) by wrapping fried fish with spicy masala in banana leaf.
Usually Meen Pollichathu is prepared with Pearl Spot Fish (കരിമീൻ). But this recipe suits for any soft flesh fishes like King Fish (നെയ് മീൻ), മോദ, Pomfret (ആവോലി) and even with Sardine (ചാള/മത്തി).
Vaazhayila (Banana leaf) is very much related to Kerala food – preparing food with Banana leaves and even for serving food on it. Hot food in Banana leaves releases a nice flavour to the food. In olden days, food was served in Banana leaves instead of plates and food parcels were also wrapped in wilted leaves.
Here I’m using fish fillets of a soft fish (Modha) instead of Pearl Spot. Fully cleaned fish can be used along with head and tail if Pearl Spot fish is used.
Best Combination
• Using shallots gives better taste than onion. • Wilt the banana leaf before wrapping fish. So that leaf will not break while wrapping. • Sprinkle water in hot tawa before putting the fish so that the fish will absorb the flavours of banana leaf.
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