Recipe
Grilled Sea Bass in Banana Leaf Wrap (Pepes Ikan Panggang)
The method of cooking food in this recipe has long been replaced with modern, time-saving methods. Yet for a authentic tasting, moist fish with the subtle aroma of banana, find some banana leaves in your local Chinese store and begin wrapping!
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
4 (or 600g) Sea Bass, whole, de-scaled and gutted
2 tbsp Turmeric
1 Lime, juiced and de-fleshed
4 Banana Leaves
Sauce ingredients:
4 Red chili, sliced and deseeded
3 Garlic Cloves, finely chopped
4 Shallot, chopped
5g Galangal, sliced
5g Kaffir Lime Leaves, finely chopped
15 ml ABC Sweet Soy Sauce
2 Lemon Grass Stalks
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Sugar
1Tomato, diced
1 Red Bell Pepper (Capsicum), julienne
1tbsp Cooking oil
Method:
In a large bowl, combine the turmeric, the juice and flesh of a lime with the fish and allow to marinade for 15 minutes. Put all sauce ingredients except for cooking oil in a food processor and process into a rough mix. In a sauce pan, heat the cooking oil over high heat and stir fry sauce mix for 1 minute. Lay banana leaves down and spread 2 heaped tablespoons of the sauce over the leaf. Score 3 slits in both sides of each fish and place fish onto the sauce on the banana leaf. Spoon another 3 tablespoons of sauce mixture over the upward facing side of the fish. Wrap the fish with banana leaf and the banana leaf in aluminum foil. Grill the fish or barbeque for 8 minutes, turning once. Using tongs and a fork, remove foil and open banana leaf and serve immediately with hot rice and Asian greens.
Shopping tip: If whole Sea Bass are hard to find, it can be easily substituted for Grouper, Halibut or Salmon fillets
GULAI TUNJANG
Bahan:
- Kikil sapi/tunjang/jangek 750g
- Bumbu dasar kering*
- daun jeruk 10lbr
- Serai 3 btg,memarkan
- Daun salam 2lbr
- Daun kunyit 1 lbr,sobek sobek,simpulkan
- Santan cair 1,2 ltr dan santan 300 ml(dari 1 btr kelapa parut yang dikupas kulit arinya)
- Daun ruku ruku/daun kemangi 20lbr
- Asam kandis 2ptg
- Cabai merah keriting 10 buah
- Cabai merah besar 10 buah
- Bawang merah 15 btr
- Bawang putih 9 siung
- Kemiri 5 btr
- Kunyit 2 cm
- Lengkuas 2 cm
- Jahe 2cm
- Klabet 1/8 sdt
- Rebus kikil sapi sampai empuk.Bila perlu rebus 3x dengan air yang baru.Angkat,tiriskan.Cuci bersih.Potong dengan ukuran 2x4x4 cm
- Panaskan 4 sdm minyak goreng.Tumis bumbu halus,bumbu dasar kering,daun jeruk,serai,daun salam,dan kunyit hingga harum dan matang.
- Masukan kikil,aduk hingga kikil berbalut bumbu dan kering.Tuangkan santan cair sambil diaduk.Kecilkan api,masak hingga kikil empuk.
- Tuangkan santan kental,aduk.Tambahkan daun ruku ruku dan asam kandis,aduk.Masak lagi hingga santan agak berminyak.Angkat,hidangkan.
*Resep dasar bumbu kering
Bumbu(sangrai hingga harum dan haluskan)
- Kapulaga hijau 2btr
- kapulaga putih 2btr
- cengkih 2btr
- kayu manis 2cm
- ketumbar butiran 1/4 sdt
- merica butiran 1/4 sdt
- jintan butiran 1/4 sdt
- adas manis 1/4 sdt
- kaskas butiran 1/4 sdt
- biji pala 1/4 sdt
