Meen Ada / Steamed fish Pancake

 

 Meen ada / meen pathiri / steamed fish pancake is a Malabar special recipe using fish masala and rice flour. It is an ideal snack to breakfast and teatime.

Ingredients:

1. Fish pieces-4big(any fleshy fish like king fish)
2. Roasted Rice flour-1cup
3. Cumin seeds- ½  tsp
4. Salt-to taste
5. Boiling water-1 ¼ cup
6. Onion chooped-1 big
7. Ginger garlic crushed-2tsp
8. Green chilly chopped-1
9. Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
10. Fish masala powder-1tsp
11. Pepper powder- ½ tsp
12. Curry leaves-few
13. Oil-2tbsp

Preparation:

• Cook the fish pieces with little turmeric powder and salt along with ¼ cup of water for few minutes or until all the water get absorbed and fish pieces are cooked.
• Let it cool and mince the flesh of fish; keep aside.
• In a bowl mix cumin seeds, salt and rice flour.
• Add boiling water in to it and mix well with a spatula.
• Knead well in to smooth dough.
• In a pan heat oil and sauté onion until transparent.
• Add curry leaves, ginger, and garlic and green chilly chopped.
• Add all the powders and mix well.
• Add minced fish in to it and mix well for 2 minutes.
• Keep aside to cool completely.
• With the rice dough make big lemon sized balls and roll it in to make thin crepes(pathiri) out of it.
• Take a pathiri and put 1tbsp of fish masala on one side of it.
• Fold and seal it with the other edge as seen in the picture.
• Make all other crepes like this.
• Steam cooks it for 10-15 minutes.
• Serve hot and enjoy.