KARIMEEN MAPPAS

INGREDIENTS

1. KARIMEEN(FISH)               - 1 Big
2. CHILLY POWDER                - 1 Tbs
3. TURMERIC POWDER          - 1/4 Tbs
4. PEPPER                                - 1/2 Tbs
4. GINGER & GARLIC PASTE - 1/2 Tbs
5. GREEN CHILLY                    - 4 Nos
6. SALT*
7. COCONUT OIL                     - 4 Tbs
8. COCONUT MILK                  - 4 Tbs
9. CURRY LEAVES                   - 2 springle
10. CORRIANDER LEAVES     - 25 Gm
11. VINEGAR                             - 1 Tbs
12. ONION                                 - 2 Nos
13. TOMATOES                         - 1 Nos
Banana leaves to shield the fish and to fry.
*As per your taste

HOW TO PREPARE

      ★ Wash the fish and clean well, and make steps in it with knife. Now Take half tablespoon chilly powder, pinch of turmeric powder, salt and 1/2 Tbs vinegar and mix all these things well and apply on fish and marinate it for half hour.
       ★ Now boil 2 Tbs of coconut oil in a pan and half fry the fish in this pan. Now take the fish from it and add one spoon coconut oil and and now put the chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, chopped green chilly, half Tbs chilly powder, pinch of turmeric powder, half Tbs vinegar and half Tbs pepper to the pan and sort these well and now add the coconut milk to it and stir well until it becomes a thick gravy type.
          ★ Now put the chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves to it and stir well. And switch off the stove.
           ★Now just give low flame heat to banana leaves. Now put some gravy yo this banana leaves and above that put the fried fish and pour balance gravy above the fish and cover the fish with this gravy, Now close all the parts of fish with banana leaves and tie it. With some thread.
            ★ Now pour the balance one Tbs of coconut oil to the pan and fry the both side of the banana leaf covered fish in a low flame for a 5-10 minutes. And serve hot.
            This dish is a very tasty fish fry. It's a variety method of cooking, apart from fish thandoor this easy and can make in the normal pan and stove it self any kind of fish can be used but for taste preferably KARIMEEN or AVOLLI is used and big fishes are better for mappas. This is not that much spicy fry. A semi gravy format fish fry. Try and Enjoy the dish.