Hey Folks,
Meen Puliyila is my grandmother's special recipe. It is a simple dish with very less ingredients. Use can use any fish for puliyila. Meen Puliyila Chuttathu is made by coating the masala over a full-sized fish and cooking it inside the banana leaf. But, my version is a simpler one which can be easily tried who are new to cooking.
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| Meen Puliyila - The Perfect Cook Book |
INGREDIENTS:
- Tamarind Leaves / Puliyila - 1 1/2 cup
- Fish - 400 gms
- Bird's eye chilli / Kanthari - 3
- Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
- Turmeric Powder - 1/8 tsp
- Salt - to taste
- Coconut oil
PREPARATION:
Clean the tamarind leaves well to remove any insects or dirt.
In a grinder, add the cleaned puliyila, grated coconut, kanthari, turmeric powder, and salt. Give it a blend. Make it into a fine paste by adding water.
I am using Sail Fish / Olakodiyan fish. I used small bite-sized pieces, you can use the fish in any cut of your wish. Or you can have whole fish as well. Now coat the entire masala on the fish and let it sit for an hour.
Now coming to the cooking part, it can be done in two ways. If you need to follow the traditional way, use banana leaf. Place the marinated fish on a banana leaf with a drizzle of coconut oil and cook one side. After that flip the other side of the fish to another banana leaf and cook. This is a hard process of changing the banana leaves while cooking each batch. So, I cook it in another way.
Use a non-stick pan or tawa. Drizzle very little amount of coconut oil and add the marinated fish. Cook on both sides until cooked well. It is as simple as it is. The tangy, spicy, and tasty Meen Puliyila is ready.
It is best to have it with plain rice and curd. Do give it a try and let me know in the comment section.
See you all in my next cooking blog!
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