Banana Leaf Baked Fish

It is a very delicious and healthy dish for everyone.

INGREDIENTS

1. Tomato-2 pieces
2. Banana leaf-4 big pieces
3. Olive oil-2 tbsp
4. Bhetki fillet-500 gm
5. Onion leaves-50 gm
6. Salt-as per requirement
7. Sahi morich (white peeper)-as per requirement
8. Coconut cream-4 tbsp
9. Lemon-2 pieces
10. Coriander leaves-1 bunch
11. Green chilly-2 pieces
12. Garlic paste-1 tsp

PREPARATION

• Preheated the oven at 200 degree centigrade.
• Remove the seeds from tomato and cut into small pieces.
• Wash the banana leaves in hot water and cut into require pieces.
• Wash the fishes fillet and cut into 4 cubes.
• Spread the oil throughout the leaves and placed the fillet cubes in middle of the leaves.
• Keep the onion leaves, tomato, coconut cream and salt on the fillet and fold the leaf and bind it with thread.
• Now bake it 15 to 20 minutes.
• Prepare paste of Coriander leaves, Green chilly, Garlic paste with olive oil.
• Open the leaves and spread the paste over the fish.
• Garnish with lemon, coriander leaves and green chilly.

Now Banana Leaf Baked Fish is ready to serve. Enjoy it.

SHET SUNDARI ROHU

It is a very easy and delicious preparation of rohu fish.

SHETSUNDARI ROHU

INGREDIENTS

1. 1 kg rohu fish.
2. salt as per requirement.
3. 2 tbsp turmeric powder.
4. soya oil/sunflower oil-1 cup.
5. ghee(clarified butter) 1 tbsp.
6. 2 bay leaves.
7. garam masala(spices mixture).
8. 2 tbsp ginger paste.
9. 2 tbsp garlic paste.
10. 2/3 ginger.
11. kismis(raisins).
12. kaju(cashew nut) paste.
13. onion paste 2/3 tbsp.
14. coconut milk-1/2 cup.
15. garam masala powder 
16. sweet curd(yogurt)

curd(yogurt)-3 tbsp.

PREPARATION

• At first clean fish pieces very well.
• Then salt and turmeric powder mixed with the pieces .
• Now heat the oil in the frying pan.Then keep the fish on the heated oil and fry the fish.
• When the fish are fried then keep aside them from flame.
• Now  in the remaining oil we add ghee,bay leaves ,garam masala and garlic .
•  Fry them lightly and  now add the ginger paste,garlic paste, onion paste ,salt. 
• Now cook them until the oil is separated from the spices.
• Then add the kismis and kaju paste and coconut milk.
• Cook them 5 minutes. 
• After 5 minutes add the curd and cook for 2 minutes.
• Now add garam masala powder and turn off the flame.

Now our shet sundari rohu is ready to serve.If you wish  you can add green chilies.It serve with hot plain rice or fried rice.  

BHETKI MAACHER PATURI

Paturis are very easier dish than any normal fish recipe as it does not need constant  monitoring while cooking only we need to marinate  and put it in the oven/frying pan to bake.

BHETKI MAACHER PATURI

INGREDIENTS

1. Bhetki -1/2 kgs(preferably fillet)
2. Mustard oil -3 tbsp.
3. Mustard paste -2 and 1/2  tbsp
4. Coconut paste -2 and 1/2 tbsp.
5. Green chilly -4 nos.
6. Turmeric powder -1 tsp.
7. Salt to taste.
8. Banana leaves -10x10 inches.

PREPARATION

• Mix the coconut paste,turmeric powder,mustard paste, mustard oil and salt very well.
• Now marinated the fish with the mustard and coconut mixture and keep it for 30 minutes.
• Take a banana leaf and place each marinated fish on a banana leaf and fold the leaf and bind it with thread.
• Take a frying pan and grease it with oil.
• Then keep all the tied  fish pieces on the frying pan.
• cover it with banana leaf and cover it with a lid.
• cook it with low flames for 10 minutes.
• Then turn all the pieces and cook other side for 10 minutes.
• Remove the lid and keep the fishes on the plate.
• Serve the paturis with the banana leaves.Enjoy the aroma of the paturis.

Paturi is also prepared in Microwave oven.It is cook in microwave oven easily and quickly.

• The process of marination is same as before.
• After marinating the fishes and covering them with banana leaf and keep them  in a pre-heated  oven 20-25 minutes at 80% power.
• If your microwave oven does not have a convection mode then turn the pieces upside down after 15 minutes.Then bake the other side for 10-15 minutes.

Now our paturi is ready to eat. Serve it with rice,fried rice and polau.