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  • Monkfish Wrapped In Banana Leaves With Ginger, Cilantro, Chile, And Coconut Milk

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    Ingredients

    • 4 lrg banana, leaves
    • 1 sm amount of extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 x fresh red chili
    • 2 stk lemongrass, tender inner part only, finely minced
    • 1 clv garlic, finely minced
    • 2 x good handful fresh cilantro, roughly, minced
    • 2 x lime, juiced, zested
    • 400 ml coconut lowfat milk
    • 2 Tbsp. sesame seed oil
    • 1 x drizzle fish sauce
    • 1 Tbsp. soy, sauce
    • 2 Tbsp. finely sliced fresh ginger
    • 4 piece (6 ounces) monkfish
    • 4 x rosemary, sprigs

    Directions

    1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C/gas 8). To make the banana leaves more pliable, hold for a few seconds over a gas flame.
    2. Leaving aside the fish and herb sticks, lb. the rest of the ingredients in a pestle and mortar to make a thick paste and spoon a little onto each banana leaf.
    3. Place the fish on top and then spoon the rest of the paste on the top.
    4. Bringing the sides in and spiking it with a rosemary sprig or possibly bay leaf stick to secure it.
    5. This will look lovely and it is natural, but I have been known to use a clothes peg or possibly string to hold it all together. It will not be a perfect seal but this allows it to breath and steam, letting the flavors infuse, so gutsy and tasty.
    6. Put theparcels on a tray and bake for 15 min, then remove from the oven, and allow to rest for 5 min.
    7. I serve the individual parcels on plates at the table and let my friends dissect them. When opened, the fragrant steam wafts up and smells fantastic. Serve with plain boiled rice to mop up the juices, which's all it has to be. End of story, done, lovely.
    8. You just cannot go wrong with this combination of flavors. It's open to all white-fleshed fish. Banana leaves are very easy to buy from Asian or possibly Latino markets. Get nice big ones to wrap your fish up in. Failing banana leaves, you can use vine leaves, that you can get in the supermarkets, somewhat smaller, but no less tasty for which. If you really cannot get hold of any leaves then kitchen foil will do.

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