Nadan Pollicha Meen Curry ( Baked Fish Curry) Recipe

Time for preparation  :  30   to   40 minutes

Ingredients :-

Pomfret Fish :- 500gm

Ginger – Garlic – Green  chilli paste :- 2 tsp

Freshly grated coconut :- ½ cup

Small onion – peeled :- ½ cup

Fennel seeds  (perumjeerakam ) :- 1 tsp

Coriander seeds :- 1tsp

Vinegar :- ½ cup

Salt :- to taste

Coconut oil :- 5 tsp

For  the   Garnishing:-

Fresh coconut oil :- 1 tsp

Curry leaves – Roasted  :- 1 tsp

Sliced Onion (Roundly sliced) :- Half

Sliced Lemon :- Half 

 

Method   for   making   Nadan   Pollicha   Meen   Curry:-

1.  Clean the fish and cut into large pieces
2. Make small slits with a fork
3. Fry the fennel seeds and coriander seeds and then make it to a paste
4. Make the coconut and small onions into a paste form
5. Mix the , seed and cococnut paste and the salt till it well combined
6. Put the mixed paste on the fish pieces very nicely (smear the fish pieces with the paste)
7.  Take some  small pieces of banana leaves and put some oil in it
8. Then line the leaves on a thick bottomed pan
9. Place the fish pieces on it
10. Pour some vinegar over  the pieces and cover it again with the greased banana leaves
11. Cover it with the lid and place on the red coals
12. Cook it on slow fire for 10 minutes
13. After that take the pan from the fire and transfer the fish to a serving plate
14. Garnish it with the roasted curry leaves , sliced onion and lemon . Also spoon coconut oil over it

                                

            

          Serve   the   hot   Nadan   Pollicha  Meen  Curry  with   Nadan  Rice