Recipe: Patra ni Machhi (Fish wrapped in banana leaves)
Tantalise your taste buds with this signature Parsi delicacy. It is succulent, healthy and loaded with zesty flavour.
Ingredients:
For the chutney:
Method
• Wash the fish thoroughly. Once clean, marinate it with vinegar and salt and set it aside.
• Prepare the green chutney by mixing the ingredients into a smooth paste.
• Apply the chutney on both sides of each fish fillet, wrap them in banana leaves and tie a thread around each to keep them tight.
• Fry the fish in oil and serve hot.
Gulnaz Mondegarian is an expert in Iranian cuisine who has co-hosted Food Diaries alongside Zarnak Sidhwa to celebrate Community Food Week
Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, April 6th, 2014.
For the chutney:
Method
• Wash the fish thoroughly. Once clean, marinate it with vinegar and salt and set it aside.
• Prepare the green chutney by mixing the ingredients into a smooth paste.
• Apply the chutney on both sides of each fish fillet, wrap them in banana leaves and tie a thread around each to keep them tight.
• Fry the fish in oil and serve hot.
Gulnaz Mondegarian is an expert in Iranian cuisine who has co-hosted Food Diaries alongside Zarnak Sidhwa to celebrate Community Food Week
Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, April 6th, 2014.