WHOLE FISH COOKED IN A BANANA LEAF WITH MANGO CHUTNEY
WHOLE FISH COOKED IN A BANANA LEAF WITH MANGO CHUTNEY
WHOLE FISH COOKED IN A BANANA LEAF WITH MANGO CHUTNEY

Ingredients
  • 2 whole fresh fish (preferably sea bass or rainbow trout) weighing approximately 300g/10½oz each
  • gutted
  • 1 spring onion
  • thinly sliced
  • large handful coriander stalks
  • 2 x banana leaves or 2 large sheets of foil
  • fine sea salt
  • to season
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • left whole
  • ½ red onion
  • chopped
  • large handful coriander leaves
  • finely chopped
  • 6 small green mangoes (or 2 large mangoes)
  • peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 lemon
  • zest only
  • 1 tbsp mustard seed oil
  • ½ cucumber
  • finely chopped
  • pinch of sugar
Directions
  • The fish can be cooked on the barbecue or in the oven. If cooking in the oven
  • preheat the oven to its highest temperature.
  • Stuff the fish with the onion and coriander stalks and season with sea salt. Wrap each fish in a banana leaf (or foil). Put on a tray and cook in the oven or on the barbecue for 12 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • for the chutney burn the garlic cloves in their skins on an open flame to chargrill them. When cool enough to handle
  • remove the garlic from their skins and finely chop.
  • Mix the onion
  • garlic
  • coriander
  • mango
  • lemon zest and mustard seed oil. Add the cucumber
  • crush it and mix to combine it into the chutney. Season with salt.
  • Serve the fish in the banana leaf with the chutney on the side.