Banana Leaf Wrapped Fish in Tangy Bell Pepper Sauce
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
3
ingredients
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Prepare fish
- 3 medium sized fish fillets or 3 medium indian mackerel
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1⁄8 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons oil
- salt
- 2 bell peppers (red, yellow "or" orange)
- 1⁄2 small green unripe mango
- 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
- 3 banana leaves
directions
- Bell pepper is also called sweet pepper or capsicum.
- Clean the fish, combine all the powders with the lemon juice and apply it to the fish and let it marinate in the refrigerator till the sauce is made.
- For the sauce slice the bell pepper, peel and cut the mango and the onions.
- Heat oil in a pan, fry the bell pepper, onion and mango till it becomes tender, add the 1/2 tsp chilli powder and salt. Grind the vegetables coarsely and keep it aside.
- Heat a non stick pan on high for few mins (if we sprinkle a drop of water in the pan it should jump and evaporate immediately),.
- Add oil to the pan and slide the marinated fish, cook till the pan side of the fish gets crusted and it comes off easily from the pan.
- Flip the fish and cook it. Remove from the pan and cook all the remaining fish.
- If you're a fan of nice seared fish in a creamy sauce, don't proceed to the next step. Place the fish on a serving plate and spoon the sauce over it and serve.
- Coat the banana leaf with oil, spoon 1 tsp of bell pepper sauce on the middle of the leaf, place a fish on the sauce, spoon two more spoons of sauce over the fish.
- Wrap the leaf and tie it with a string. Continue with the remaining fish. Steam it in a pan or cooker for 10 minutes.
- Remove it from heat and serve it with white rice.
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