Clean the fish and wash them with salt and lemon juice thoroughly
Then make gashes on each side of the fish
Now make a paste of chilly powders turmeric powder pepper powder salt and lemon juice
Marinate the fish with this paste and keep aside for at least 20 minutes
Then heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish for 2 minutes in each side
Now transfer the fish to a kitchen towel to remove excess oil,Keep aside
Now grind garlic,ginger,pepper,chilly powder ,green chilly, curry leaves, turmeric powder and coconut oil together by adding less amount of water and make a very fine paste
Keep aside this masala paste
Now heat 2tsp of oil preferably the oil we used for frying the fish
To this add onion,Saute for 1 minute
Then saute till they become light brown colour
At this stage add the masala paste and saute till the raw smell of the masala goes
Then add finely chopped tomatoes and saute till the tomatoes are well cooked
Cook for another 5 minutes in low flame,Check the salt
Remove from the fire and let it cool for 10 minutes
Now take banana leaves and wash and wipe away the water
Cut into medium sized pieces
Soften the leaves by putting over the flame for few seconds so that the leaf wont break while wrapping
If u dont have banana leaves u can use foil paper but the taste differs
Soften another small piece of banana leaf also
Place the small one in the centre of the big one
Now take 1 1/2 tbsp of masala and place in the centre of the leaf or foil paper
Then place the fried fish above this masala and again place one layer of masala on top of the fish
For garnishing place green chilly slits 1 tomato slice and curry leaves and then wrap the fish tightly with banana leaf or foil paper
If u r using banana leaf u can tie it with a thread
Now take a heavy bottomed fry pan and heat 1 tsp of oil and place one piece of banana leaf and place the wrapped fish on top of that
If u are using foil paper ,no need to add oil just place the wrapped fish in the hot fry pan
Cook each side for 10 minutes in low flame
