Recipe: Appetizing Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf)

Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf). Sardine is cooked in Banana Leaf and then cooked in Kanal-Charcoal. You just have to try it. 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.

Cuisine: Indian,Kerala,South Indian Chaala Pollichathu,Kerala Mathi Recipes,Mathi Thappu Vechathu,Sardines Dry Curry Mathi Pollichathu is an easy traditional fish curry of Kerala. 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. You can have Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf) using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mathi Pollichathu (Sardines cooked in Banana leaf)

1. Prepare 500 gm of sardines cleaned.
2. It's 6-7 of birds eye chilli.
3. It's 3 of small shallots, sliced.
4. You need 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
5. It's 1 tsp of coriander powder.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of chilli powder.
7. You need 2 sprig of curry leaves.
8. It's 1.5 cup of coconut milk (diluted).
9. It's 1 cup of thick coconut milk.
10. Prepare to taste of Salt.
11. You need As needed of Banana leaves.

Sardine is cooked in Banana Leaf and then cooked in Kanal-Charcoal. Pictured - Rice, chena ularthu, mathi pollichathu. The base of the curry is a blend of onion tomato mustard mixture, which lends a unique flavour. The use of earthern pot makes the sardine curry all the more tasty.

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

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..

I have posted before Kerala pearl spot wrapped in banana leaf, which uses banana leaf. 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. Then open the leaf pack and enjoy the Mathi Pollichathu!!! Mathi or sardines are cooked in tomatoes and coconut milk, with coconut oil.