Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, barramundi in banana leaf. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Like magic, the leaf will start turning a darker shade of green. Continue the process until the entire leaf is softened. Make sure to also do this to the thin strips of leaf that we are using as a tie.
Barramundi in Banana leaf is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Barramundi in Banana leaf is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook barramundi in banana leaf using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Barramundi in Banana leaf:
- Get 1 whole baby barramundi
- Get 3 leaves Banana leaf
- Make ready 1/2 Shallots
- Take 1/2 Red onions
- Take 3 cloves Garlic
- Get 2 inches Ginger
- Prepare 100 gr Galangal
- Get 2 sticks Lemongrass
- Prepare leaves Kaffir lime
- Get 20 gr Dried hot chilli
- Get 5 gr Szechuan peppercorn
- Make ready 10 gr Candlenuts
- Prepare 1 lime
- Take Salt
- Prepare 1 table spoon Sugar
- Prepare 1 table spoon Chicken powder
Place on barbecue and heat until the leaves soften and change colour. Place a piece of barramundi in the centre of each leaf and spoon a little curry paste onto the fish. Fold banana leaf around fish to make a parcel, tie with kitchen string. Bengali Bhetki Macher Paturi Recipe is Bengali Style Barramundi Fish cooked by wrapping in banana leaf.
Instructions to make Barramundi in Banana leaf:
- Prepare all ingredients exclude barramundi and banana leaves, chop and blend together with little bit oil till smooth
- Clean the barramundi and score the fish for marinating then squeeze a lime
- Saute the spices paste with oil, add salt and sugar and chicken powder, adjust to taste, set aside when its turn brown
- Preheat oven 240celcius, while place barramundi onto banana leaf, spread the paste all over the fish and wrapped it up with baking paper and seal it with skewer
- Set barramundi to a baking tray, lower the temperature to 200 celcius, lets bake the fish for 15 minutes
- When its cooked, there is no pink flesh left inside the fish. Ready to eat
The bhetki fish pieces are marinated in a spiced mustard paste, wrapped in banana leaf individually and then slow cooked till tender. The word "Paturi" means leaf, in Bengali. Generally we Bengalis make paturi using Ilish (hilsa fish), Bhetki (Barramundi fish) and chingri (prawn). Arrange the banana leaves flat onto a bench and place a tablespoon of the spice paste onto each, followed by a turmeric, bay and kaffir lime leaf and a slice of tomato. Top with the barramundi, then fold into a parcel and secure with toothpicks.
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