How to Prepare Tasty Steamed Pabda Fish in Bottle Gourd Leaf (Lau Patai Pabda Paturi)

Steamed Pabda Fish in Bottle Gourd Leaf (Lau Patai Pabda Paturi).

You can have Steamed Pabda Fish in Bottle Gourd Leaf (Lau Patai Pabda Paturi) using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Steamed Pabda Fish in Bottle Gourd Leaf (Lau Patai Pabda Paturi)

1. Prepare 6 pieces of pabda fish.
2. It's 2 tbsp of mustard seeds.
3. You need 6 of lau pata/bottle gourd big leaves.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
5. It's 2 tbsp of curd.
6. You need 3 tbsp of coriander chopped.
7. You need 3 tbsp of mustard oil.
8. You need To taste of salt.
9. You need 3-4 of green chillies,slit.

Steamed Pabda Fish in Bottle Gourd Leaf (Lau Patai Pabda Paturi) instructions

1. Clean,wash and marinate fish with salt,turmeric and little mustard oil for 10 minutes.Grind to a thick paste mustard,curd,chopped coriander and 2 green chillies.Clean and wash bottle gourd leaves.Smear oil on the inside of each leaf.Coat each fish with the ground paste alongwith little salt and 1 tbsp mustard oil.Place fish on the leaves..
2. Fold the leaves so that masala does not ooze out.Tie the leaves tightly.Sprinkle 1 tbsp oil on a nonstick pan and pan fry the leaves in low flame covered so that fish is steamed inside.Flip the foil and cook the other side 5 minutes.Switch off flame.Cut the thread and serve paturi alongwith the edible leaves with steamed rice..
3. Mustard oil plays a vital role to cook this delicacy..