Baked Fish in Banana Leaf
A healthy fish recipe that’s also easy to make and the taste is truly gourmet. Stuffed with a fragrant filling, the fish is then wrapped in banana leaves (or tin foil/parchment paper) and baked in the oven.
Serves
2
Cooking Time
40 mins
Cuisine
Malaysian|Indian
Paste ingredients
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 gm garlic
- 50 gm shallots
- 2 sticks lemongrass
- 2 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1 inch Galangal
- 2 nos. read chilli
- 2 tbsp chilli powder
- 10 gm candlenuts
- 1 cup thick coconut milk
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Others
- 500 gm sea water fish
- 1 pc banana leaf
- 2pcs screqpine leaf
- 1 pc aluminium foil
- 2 slices of lemon
Instructions
Paste preparation
- Blend all the paste ingredients together until smooth
- Heat the cooking oil and sauté all the blended ingredients
- When the oil has surfaced, add in the thick coconut milk
- Simmer until gravy has thickened
Fish preparation
- Clean fish with lemon slice and wash.
- Slit open the side
- Stuff the cooked paste inside the slit side of the fish and also apply the whole fish with the cooked paste.
- Set aside for 2 hours
- Layer the screwpine leaf on the banana leaf and wrap the fish
- Wrap again with aluminium foil and bake for about 20 minutes
- When it is cooked, remove the foil
- Place it on a plate and pour the extra cooked paste on the fish
