Pepes Ikan (Fish wrapped in a banana leaf and roasted or steamed)

Ingredients:

500 grams fresh river fish, approximately 4 pieces300 ml fresh water

banana leaves for wrapping

Seasoning:

8 pc onion

3 cm turmeric

4 pc garlic

3 pc kemiri

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp white sugar

all this ingredient ground together until tender

Seasoning for inside wrapping (pepes seasoning):

10 pc onion

4 cm turmeric

4 pc garlic

5 pc kemiri

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp white sugar

all this ingredient ground together until tender

Supplement:

5 salam leaves

5 cm galangale, chopped thin

20 stalk kemangi (basil) leaves

15 lime leaves, chopped thin

15 pc red pepper, unchopped

Directions:

- Boil ground seasoning, after boiling insert river fish until dried

- take fish and smear it with pepes seasoning

- add suplement ingredient, then wrap it with banana leaves

- pit the wrapping with palm leaf rib, or anything else to prevent it detached

- Steam for 3 hour.

Tips:

- to prevent fish shattered when boiled, take a notice to remove stomach content from the head. Pull up carefully, preserve its skin intact and don't rip it.

- there's many kind of river fish, i.e. mas fish, gurame, pomfret, nila, etc.