Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf)
Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf)

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Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Mathi Pollichathu - Traditional malabar style mathi pollichathu in banana leaf. This is a very traditional dish which I just love and is very much like the Fish/ Meen Pollichathu recipe but with some variation to reduce the sharp flavor. Method : Clean and marinate teh sardines in chii powder and salt. Fry the fishes in oil and keep aside.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mathi pollichathu (sardines cooked in banana leaf) using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf):
  1. Get 500 gm sardines cleaned
  2. Get 6-7 birds eye chilli
  3. Prepare 3 small shallots, sliced
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  5. Get 1 tsp coriander powder
  6. Take 1/2 tsp chilli powder
  7. Get 2 sprig curry leaves
  8. Get 1.5 cup coconut milk (diluted)
  9. Make ready 1 cup thick coconut milk
  10. Make ready to taste Salt
  11. Prepare As needed Banana leaves

Mathi or sardines are cooked in tomatoes and coconut milk, with coconut oil. Pollichathu literally means heating up, so traditionally, fish and the masala are wrapped in banana leaf and heated on a clay pot over slow fire. Sardine is cooked in Banana Leaf and then cooked in Kanal-Charcoal. Did you enjoy this Mathi Thappu Vechathu-Chaala Pollichathu-Sardine in Banana Leaf video?

Steps to make Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf):
  1. Wash and clean the banana leaf and thaw it directly on the heat. Heating the leaf makes it flexible to fold. Place and layer the leaf inside the earthen cooking vessel.
  2. Clean the fish and apply turmeric, coriander, chilli, salt and gently massage it for the flavours to get it. Add the shallot, green chilli and curry leaves. Check for seasoning and adjust accordingly.
  3. Place the marinated fish on top of the banana leaf and pour the diluted coconut milk. Place the vessel on low heat and allow it to cook for 10 to 15 minutes until the coconut milk evaporates. Then pour the thick milk over it, cook for a minutes and switch off the flame.
  4. Delicious Fish in typical kerala style is ready to be served with steamed rice.

Sardine is cooked in Banana Leaf and then cooked in Kanal-Charcoal. Did you enjoy this Mathi Thappu Vechathu-Chaala Pollichathu-Sardine in Banana Leaf video? Please share your valuable comments and feedback. Mathi, Sardines, Chala, Seafood, Cooking Method Now we need to heat the leaf pack in a pan. When the leaf gets brown in colour, remove it from the pan.

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