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Fish Dumplings or Meen Pathiri

Feb-02-2017
Femina Shiraz
30 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
8 People
Serves
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ABOUT Fish Dumplings or Meen Pathiri RECIPE

Steamed fish dumplings are a popular snack in the Malabar region of Kerala. The fish filling is stuffed inside a dough made of rice flour and then steamed. This flavorful snack is delicious and filling, and hence can be had as dinner too.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Kerala
  • Steaming
  • Frying
  • Sauteeing
  • Snacks
  • Gluten Free

Ingredients Serving: 8

  1. For the fish filling:
  2. Seer fish 8 slices
  3. Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp (divided)
  4. Red chili powder - 2 tsp
  5. Salt as required
  6. Oil - 2 tbsp and more for frying the fish
  7. Onion (finely chopped) - 2
  8. Tomato (finely chopped) - 1
  9. Ginger grlic paste - 1 tbsp
  10. Green chili - 2
  11. Coriander powder - 1 tsp
  12. Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
  13. Corriander leaves (chopped) - 2 tbsp
  14. For the rice flour covering:
  15. Rice flour 1 and 1/2 cups
  16. Water 1 and 1/2 cups
  17. Salt as required
  18. Grated Coconut 1/2 cup
  19. Fennel seeds 2 tsp
  20. Onion (chopped) - 1/2

Instructions

  1. To prepare the fish filling:
  2. Wash and clean the fish pieces.
  3. Marinate the fish with 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt for at least an hour.
  4. Next, heat oil in a pan and fry them, flipping sides in between to cook evenly on both the sides.
  5. Once done, remove the fish pieces from the pan and keep them aside.
  6. Once they cool down a bit, remove the bones and shred the to smaller pieces with clean fingers. Keep it aside.
  7. Now, heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. (you may add the residue oil left from frying the fish too).
  8. Add onions and saute till they turn light pink.
  9. Add ginger garlic paste and green chili and saute till the raw smell goes off.
  10. Now add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and coriander powder, and mix.
  11. Add in the chopped tomatoes and saute until they become soft.
  12. Next you can add the shredded fish pieces.
  13. Finally add the coriander leaves and garam masala powder and mix well.
  14. Cook covered for 2-3 minutes.
  15. Switch the flame off.
  16. To prepare the rice flour covering:
  17. Grind onion, fennel seeds and coconut in a grinder until it forms a coarse paste.
  18. Take the rice flour and salt in a bowl.
  19. Add in water little by little to the rice flour and mix.
  20. It should form a soft dough.
  21. Add in the ground onion mixture too and knead well.
  22. Now take a small ball of the dough and roll it to a small puri size with hands.
  23. Similarly make another one of roughly the same size.
  24. Place 2-3 tsp of the prepared fish filling inside one flattened dough and cover with another.
  25. Press the sides so as to seal the edges.
  26. Prepare all the dumplings like this until all the dough and filling are used up.
  27. Steam it for 20-25 minutes, until fully cooked.
  28. Serve hot.

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Preeti Gurung
Feb-02-2017
Preeti Gurung   Feb-02-2017

Excellent fish dumplings!

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