Recipe: Tasty Bhetki machher paturi/ Barramundi cooked in banana leaves

Bhetki machher paturi/ Barramundi cooked in banana leaves. Now serve hot Bhetki Maacher Paturi with hot steamed rice. If you like this Bengali Style steamed fish recipe then doesn't forget to like it. Bhetki macher paturi or bhetki(barramundi) fish paturi recipe with step by step pictures.

Fish fillets are coated with seasoned batter, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed, smoked or baked over a charcoal fire. Try out this delicious Bhetki Macher Paturi Bengali recipe - banana leaf fish paturi. Fold the banana leaves on the fish pieces and tie it with a string. You can have Bhetki machher paturi/ Barramundi cooked in banana leaves using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bhetki machher paturi/ Barramundi cooked in banana leaves

1. Prepare 6 pieces of bhetki/ barramundi fish.
2. Prepare 2 tablespoons of white mustard seeds.
3. It's 1 tablespoons of black mustard seeds.
4. It's 1 tablespoons of poppy seeds.
5. It's 2 tablespoons of mustard oil.
6. It's 3-4 of green chilies.
7. It's 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice.
8. Prepare 1/3 cup of coconut powder (narkol kora).
9. You need 1/2 of + ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder.
10. It's to taste of Salt.
11. It's 150 g of hung curd.
12. You need 3-4 of banana leaves for wrapping.
13. Prepare of Thread to tie the wraps.

Heat a tawa/fry pan or pan with little mustard oil and place the wrapped fish on it. The leaves will start changing its color from green to blackish. Fish Paturi is a traditional Bengali dish. Here fish is marinated in mustard paste wrapped in banana leaf and cooked through slow cooking.

Bhetki machher paturi/ Barramundi cooked in banana leaves step by step

1. Clean the bhetki/barramundi pieces properly and pat them dry. Rub ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder, lemon juice and salt and leave them for half an hour..
2. Meanwhile, make a paste of the yellow and brown mustard seeds along with poppy seeds and green chilies. To the paste, add salt, turmeric powder, hung curd and coconut powder, mustard oil..
3. Now add the paste to the bhetki/ barramundi fish and marinade the fish for at least 2 hours..
4. Take the banana leaves, cut them to 6”/6” pieces and clean them properly. Take a tawa and roast the banana leaves on very low flame for about 30 seconds..
5. To the banana leaves, add one spoon of marinade and then add one piece of fish. Now add little more of the marinade on top of the fish. Wrap the fish with banana leaves and close the parcel with a thread. Wrap the fish properly such that the marinade does not come out of the parcel..
6. Add mustard oil on a flat pan/tawa..
7. Once the oil is hot add the fish parcels on the tawa. Cook the paturi on mid low flame, covered for about 8-10 minutes..
8. After 8 minutes, remove the cover and flip the parcels and cook again for 10 minutes..
9. Remove the fish parcels and store them in casserole till ready to serve..

The word "paaturi" comes from the Bengali word "paata" or leaf. Bhetki paturi or barramundi fish wrapped in banana leaf is another variation of Ilish paturi. Repeat this for the rest of the leaves. This process will ensure that the leaf doesn't tear apart while you make the parcel. Bhetki macher paturi is yet another signature dish of Bengali cuisine.