Assamese Favorite Dish Patot Dia Mach (Baked Fish) Very Tasty To Eat

Patot Dia Mach (Baked Fish)

Ingredients:

• Boneless fish: 500 gms.
• Banana leaf: 1
• Finely chopped onions: 2 medium sized.
• Chopped green chillies: 1 tsp.
• Lemon juice: 1 tbsp.
• Mustard oil: 1 tbsp.
• Salt: to taste .

Method:

• Make eight pieces of the fish.
• Clean, wash and drain the fish.
• Clean the banana leaf. Dry it and pass over low fire to make the leaf pliable.
• Mix half of the chopped onions, green chillies and lemon juice to the fish.
• Mix together in a bowl with the fish.
• Put the fish along with the mix ingredients on the banana leaf and wrap it into a parcel.
• Secure the parcel with a string. Place the parcel on a griddle over a moderate heat.
• Roast on both sides till one gets the aroma of the burnt leaf and baked fish.
• Remove the parcel from fire. Open the parcel.
• Add the remaining chopped onion and mustard oil to the baked fish. Mash and mix.
• Serve Patot Diya Mach as a side dish of a meal.