Grilled fish in banana leaf

Serves 4

4 mackerels
5 shallots
5 red chillies
1 lemon
1 teaspoon soya sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Banana leaves



1. Clean the mackerel.
2. Peel and chop the shallots.
3. Cut the chillies and remove the seeds
4. Grind the chillies into a smooth paste.
5. Squeeze the lemon
6. Mix the shallots, ground chilli paste, juice of half a lemon, soya sauce, salt and pepper.
7. Stuff half of the mixture into the fish.
8. Wrap the fish in the banana leaves and secure with toothpicks.
9. Pré-heat the over for 10 minutes (200 dég C).
10. Bake the fish for 15 to 20 minutes.
11. Serve hot with the remaining ground mixture.


Personal Tips
You can use any kind of white fish. I prefer to bake this over a barbecue.