This Khaira fish with coconut milk is soft and delicious. Small sized onion is preferred. I marinated the fish and baked on banana leaf give it a leafy flavour.
Cut and wash the fish. Apply lemon juice to avoid the smell.
Mix all the spices in a plate add one tsp oil and salt.
Marinate the spices all over the fish and keep to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
Slice onion and chop the tomatoes.
Shallow fry the the marinated fish and keep aside.
In a pan add sliced onion and keep stirring. Add chopped tomatoes, rest of the spices, kashmir red chilli powder, curry leaves again stir until soft.
Then add coconut milk and mix all together.
Now take a banana leaf heat to make flexible and rub with oil. Spread a thin layer onion spices. Then keep fried fish and give another layer on the top.
Wrap the fish with leaves and keep on the heating pan for baking. Both sides should be baked.
After 10 minutes it will ready to serve with steamed plain rice.