Banana Leaf Wrapped Fish In Tangy Bell Pepper Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 medium sized fish fillets or 3 medium indian mackerel
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons oil
• salt
• 2 bell peppers (red, yellow "or" orange)
• 1/2 small green unripe mango
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 3 banana leaves

Recipe

• 1 bell pepper is also called sweet pepper or capsicum.
• 2 clean the fish, combine all the powders with the lemon juice and apply it to the fish and let it marinate in the refrigerator till the sauce is made.
• 3 for the sauce slice the bell pepper, peel and cut the mango and the onions.
• 4 heat oil in a pan, fry the bell pepper, onion and mango till it becomes tender, add the 1/2 tsp chilli powder and salt. grind the vegetables coarsely and keep it aside.
• 5 heat a non stick pan on high for few mins (if we sprinkle a drop of water in the pan it should jump and evaporate immediately),.
• 6 add oil to the pan and slide the marinated fish, cook till the pan side of the fish gets crusted and it comes off easily from the pan.
• 7 flip the fish and cook it. remove from the pan and cook all the remaining fish.
• 8 if you're a fan of nice seared fish in a creamy sauce, don't proceed to the next step. place the fish on a serving plate and spoon the sauce over it and serve.
• 9 coat the banana leaf with oil, spoon 1 tsp of bell pepper sauce on the middle of the leaf, place a fish on the sauce, spoon two more spoons of sauce over the fish.
• 10 wrap the leaf and tie it with a string. continue with the remaining fish. steam it in a pan or cooker for 10 minutes.
• 11 remove it from heat and serve it with rice.