Saturday, April 07, 2007

Meen Thavayil Pollichathu

Ingredients

Quantity

Red tomatoes
Ginger
Garlic
Refined flour
Onion
Pepper corns
Coconut mix
Salt
Cream
Vegetable stock
Butter
Coriander leaves
250 g
10 g
5 g
15 g
100 g
5 g
½ cup
to taste
20 ml
750 ml
50 g
1 bunch

Method of preparation

Fillet the fish half an inch thick and marinate it with lime juice and salt. Keep aside for 10 mts.

Make a batter with egg, onion, ginger garlic paste and powdered masala.
Apply it on the fish and then keep it on the plantain leaf for half an hour.

Heat a thava or non-stick pan , brush a little oil and then spread the fish on to it. Simultaneously sprinkle some oil to get both sides of the fish cooked.

Finally, arrange the fish, garnished with onion rings and lemon wedges, on the plaintain leaf.