Grilled Fish with Basil and Tomato Sambal

Name: Grilled Fish with Basil and Tomato Sambal (Ikan Bakar Colo Colo)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; 21 whole fresh fish (about 2 lbs/1 kg), or 1½ lbs (700 g) fish steaks; 4 shallots, peeled and sliced; 3–4 red finger-length chilies or bird’s-eye chilies, deseeded and sliced; 2 ripe tomatoes, diced; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice; 4 sprigs Asian basil, minced; 1 large banana leaf or aluminum foil, for wrapping; 4 tablespoons sweet Indonesian soy sauce (kecap manis)

Ikan Bakar Colo Colo

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

The Food of Indonesia

By Heinz Von Holzen

Published 2015

About

Fish, grilled plain or wrapped in banana leaves, is very popular on the eastern Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Maluku. This recipe from Maluku is very simple flavored with a typical Colo Colo Sambal.

Ingredients

21 whole fresh fish (about 2 lbs/1 kg), or 1½ lbs (<

Asia
Indonesia
Maluku
Fish course
Pescatarian
South East Asia

Method

If using whole fish, scale, gut and clean the fish, then make several shallow diagonal slits on each side. Season the fish with the salt and lime or lemon juice, then brush it with the oil. Set aside for 15 minutes.
Make the Colo Colo Sambal by combining all the ingredients in a bowl and mixing well.
Scald the banana leaf in a basin by pouring boiling