Steamed Fish In Banana Leaf (Pepes Ikan)

 

This is one of traditional Indonesian menu guys…we called it “Pepes Ikan” or you can said “Steamed Fish In Banana Leaf”. Looks something special, isn’t it?…So, let’s check my recipe from my kitchen!

Seasoning :

• 8 red onions
• 4 cloves garlic
• 8 red chilies
• 6 cherry tomatoes
• 1 ttsp coriander
• 2 candlenuts
• 3 cm bulb yellow ginger
• 1 tsp salt (add salt as you like)

Mash all of these seasonings

Additional seasoning :

• This is very important guys…you need lemon basil leaf. But, if you can’t find it, you can use thai basil leaf, or lime leaf, just like I was.

Ingredients :

• Banana leaf
• bamboo sweker
• 5 Fishes (you can use snapper, tilapia, tuna, or another fish like goldfish)
• 5 limes

 

These are what you do…

• Clean and wash your fish. Put lime water on top of your fishes. Let it about 15 minutes
• Place the fish on the middle of banana leaf
• Put seasonings that you mashed on top of it, until cover all of your fish
• Put lime leaf or thai basil leaf on top of it. If you can find lemon basil leaf, put it
• Wrap the fish, folding both ends together and secure with a bamboo sweker
• Steam until cooked, about (30-45 minutes)
• Serve it…

How is taste? What do you think? It’s tasty guys…Delicious!