Fish steamed in banana leaves

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4 servings Prep: 30 mins, Cooking: 30 mins
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Fish/Seafood

By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (9)

800.00 g fish — white-flesh
shrimps
8.00 bananas — leaves
250.00 ml desiccated coconut
2.00 garlic — cloves, crushed
5.00 ml chillies — powder
2.00 ml turmeric
90.00 ml coconut milk
salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Method:

Cut fish into 8 neat portions and season. If using shrimps, divide them between fish portions.
Mash toasted coconut, garlic, chilli, turmeric and coconut milk into a thick paste, adding extra water if too dry. Put a small spoonful of mixture on each banana leaf, place a piece of fish on top and then a few shrimps. Spread remaining coconut paste thickly over top and wrap into parcels.
Steam fish parcels for 20 to 30 minutes in a bamboo steamer placed in a wok; in a metal steamer; or on a cake rack placed in a wok and covered.
Check fish to see if done.
If using a bamboo steamer, switch the different levels around halfway through.
Let each person unwrap their own parcels.



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