Recipe: Yummy Prawn Pollichathu (Prawn cooked in Plantain leaf)

Prawn Pollichathu (Prawn cooked in Plantain leaf). How to make super tasty Prawns Pollichatu. Prawns roast on banana leaf, Kerala style. Please watch and let us know your comments.

Prawns pollichathu gives out the perfect combo of seafood delicacy and the authentic taste of Kerala spices. Once it crackles, add ginger garlic paste, shallots, tomato and curry leaves. Then add coconut milk to it and cook until the gravy reduces to semi dry consistency. You can have Prawn Pollichathu (Prawn cooked in Plantain leaf) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Prawn Pollichathu (Prawn cooked in Plantain leaf)

1. You need of Prawns.
2. You need of chilli powder.
3. It's of Turmeric.
4. You need of coriander powder.
5. Prepare of cumin powder.
6. Prepare of Garam Masala.
7. It's of salt.
8. Prepare of big tomato.
9. Prepare of big onion sliced.
10. It's of ginger garlic crushed.
11. It's of Coconut oil.
12. Prepare of coconut thick milk.
13. Prepare of Pepper Powder.
14. Prepare of curry leaves.
15. Prepare of Plantain.

And oh how could we miss the prawns roast and Karimeen Pollichathu (pearlspot cooked in plantain leaf) which we had seen on the menu? The appam, when it arrived was soft, fluffy and so tasty. Prawn Pollichathu is another one of Malabar's iconic prawn recipes that combine prawns and curry. Not only are prawns the centerpiece of this but the spices also serve as excellent complements.

Prawn Pollichathu (Prawn cooked in Plantain leaf) step by step

1. First in a bowl add the prawns add all spices turmeric,1/2 tsp chilli powder,1/2 tsp Coriander powder,salt to taste, cumin powder,garam masala 1/2 tsp.
2. In a pan add coconut oil add little curry leaf and then add prawns and cook half done and remove..
3. In same pan add some more oily then add onion sauté well add ginger-garlic crushed cook till raw smell goes. Then add all the dry spices cook while and add tomato cook well..
4. Now add the prawns and mix well till all the spices gets into it cook for while it should look thick gravy now add coconut milk and adjust salt. Cook till the milk is drained completely..
5. Once done add some more curry leaves and cover and remove from heat. Once it’s cool down a bit Clean the plantain leaf and add the prawns masala to it wrap it really well..
6. In a pan add some oil put this plantain leaf in low flame and cook both side till color change and it’s done..

The curry is smooth and has a rich creaminess of its own. It is one of the best curry related dishes from. Karimeen Pollichathu is a yummy recipe in which fish is cooked along with coconut milk. Meen Pollichathu - Fish cooked in banana leaves. Anthony Bourdain during his trip to Kerala compared the technique of cooking the fish in banana leaf to the classic french technique of fish en papillote (fish steamed in parchment pouches).