Name: Banana leaf grilled mackerel
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: ½ tsp caster sugar; 1 tbsp dried black Chinese mushrooms (optional); 250 g skinned and boned mackerel (or tuna fillet), cut into very small chunks; handful each of mint and basil leaves; ½ deribbed banana leaf, cut into 4 large squares; 2 tsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp fish sauce; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 2 spring onions, finely chopped; pinch of ground chilli; 1 fat garlic clove, crushed; salt and black pepper; small handful of rice vermicelli noodles

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Food and Travels

By Alastair Hendy

Published 2004

About

If you can’t get banana leaves, wrap the fish parcel in foil instead. Eat with rice. Fail-safe barbecuable food.

Ingredients

small handful of rice vermicelli noodles
1 tbsp dried black Chinese mushrooms (optional)
250

Method

Soak the noodles and mushrooms (if using) in cold water until just soft - about 10 minutes - then drain. Finely shred the mushrooms and roughly chop the noodles. Toss the chopped fish flesh with the fish sauce, salt, pepper, chilli, turmeric and sugar, then toss through the garlic, onions and oil. Fold through the prepared mushrooms and noodle. Place the mixture in the middle of a large square

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