Simple Recipe Of Patra Ni Machchi By Chef Roopa Nabar
Patra Ni Machchi is a simple yet tasty dish that you can try in the comfort of your home. This dish needs few ingredients and the cooking process is also easy.
Ingredients:
1 Kg Pomfret fillets
Salt
Lemon juice
½ Turmeric (optional)
Oil
Ingredients
For Chutney:
1 cup fresh grated coconut
¾ cup fresh coriander chopped
6 green chillis
1 tsp cumin seeds
10 – 12 garlic cloves
1 tbsp Vinegar
1 tsp sugar
Salt
Important–Banana leaves and thread to tie
Method:
- Clean & wash fish, add salt & lemon juice.
- Slightly warm banana leaves over flame, they go limp so easy to fold.
- Grind together the ingredients for chutney.
- Take a piece of banana leaf, apply oil on the inner surface, place a fillet of pomfret, and coat it with chutney on all sides. Fold the leaf and tie the thread to secure it.
- Put water in a steamer and arrange the prepared fillets on it. Steam the fish for 25 minutes.
- Unthread the banana leaf and serve.
Recipe by: Chef Roopa Nabar, TTK Prestige