Ingredients
1. Pearl spot fish / Karimeen – 1 large ( You can try this with pomphret too)
To Marinate
2. Chilly powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder – 1 tsp
Crushed ginger-garlic – 1/4 tsp
Salt – To taste
3. Coconut oil – To grease the banana leaf
For the masala
4. Pearl onions – 20, thinly sliced
Green chilies – 2, slit
Crushed ginger and garlic – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Chilly powder – 1 tsp
Pepper powder – 1 tsp
Fennel seeds – 1 pinch (optional)
Tomato – 1/2 small, finely chopped
Salt – To taste
Thick coconut milk – 1/4 cup
Method
1. Clean and wash the fish and make a few gashes on both sides. Marinate the fish with the items under “To Marinate” for at least half an hour. Grease a banana leaf with coconut oil and wrap the fish in it. Lightly fry it in medium-low flame on both sides (about 2 minutes on each side). You do not need to fry the fish until done, this step is done to make the fish firm.
2. Mean while heat oil in a frying pan (you can use the same pan that you used to fry the fish). Add sliced pearl onion, little salt and saute until oil separates. Next add crushed ginger-garlic, green chillies and saute until their raw smell is gone. Add fennel seeds, turmeric powder, chilly powder and pepper powder. Saute for 30 seconds at low heat. Add finely chopped tomato and saute until they turn soft. Now place the fried fish inside the frying pan and coat both sides well with the sautéed masala. Add the thick coconut milk. Cover and cook until all the gravy evaporates and fish is well-coated with the masala on both sides. For a slightly tangy masala, add 1 piece kudam puli / cocum along with the coconut milk.
3. Heat a banana leaf over low flame for a few seconds, so that it will be pliable and won’t tear while wrapping the fish. Grease it. Wrap the masala coated fish in the greased banana leaf and tie with a banana string tightly like a parcel so that steam wont escape. Here is a video that shows how to wrap it in a banana leaf. Cook the fish in a hot pan, about 15 minutes, flipping to the other side in between at medium heat. Serve hot with rice.
Tips
You can avoid step 2 (cooking the fish in coconut milk) if you are using a small pearl spot fish.
Baking option – Step 3 – Wrap the fish in an aluminium foil and bake at 350 F for about 20 mts.
Slurp,mouthwatering here..super droolworthy karimeen pollichathu..
wow…..so inviting
My favorite..kandittu kothiyavunnu..nice one Maya
Am drooling here, mouthwatering here..
Just need rice to finish it off, drooling here 🙂
I always wanted to try this….looks yum and flavorsome…..
Done in a nice & traditional way 😉
Prathima Rao
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yummy dish..Awesome..
Delcious..
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my fav….perfectly done dear..
i can just look n look n look….thats all…..!!! So tempted to eat this… Miss Karimeen so much!! Yummy team u guys deal is better than all the Black friday deals……A recipe worth tempting!!
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The fish looks so delicious! It reminds me of patra ni machi which is wrapped in banana leaves too and steamed.
sounds very tasty n irresistable..
Tasty Appetite
Ohh YUM! My favorite comfort food–would sure love to have this with a bowl of steamed rice, ha.
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wow!!karimeen kanan entu bhangi..must be real tasty too.
Hello Maya!
First of all let me thank you for this wonderful, delicious, mouthwatering recipe. I have tried it 3 times with success! The same way as you have explained about yourself, I always love to try new recipes, the main aim is to impress my hubby who is a food lover!!!!
We stay in Boston, MA. As you know it is hard to get fresh karimeen here and I have tried with red snapper and tilapia, both came out to be much delicious. I put kudampuli and I used to bake instead of using frying pan, but the time required as I found was 30 minutes and I turn the fish carefully without breaking it after 15 minutes and bake in open tray over aluminum foil instead of wrapping. But it gave good results!
Keep posting and is waiting for your more delicious recipes!
Yummy … Want to try out this one.. Where did you get this banana leaf is seattle? Is karimeen called pearl spot in Asian stores ? Please let me know. Really want to make this dish.
Í got the banana leaf from an Asian store in Bellevue but i havent seen karimeen in the shops here.