Sheatfish Grilled in Banana Leaf Packets

Name: Sheatfish Grilled in Banana Leaf Packets (Kanab Pa Sa Ngoua)
Cuisine: Luang prabang
Ingredients: chopped spring onions; 3 sprigs of dill, chopped; a piece of crisp-fried pork skin (khiep moo) salt and fish sauce; a piece of crisp-fried pork skin (khiep moo) salt and fish sauce; a piece of crisp-fried pork skin (khiep moo) salt and fish sauce; 5 (small) shallots, these four ingredients to be pounded together finely; 3 fresh chilli peppers, these four ingredients to be pounded together finely; 2 stalks of lemon grass, these four ingredients to be pounded together finely

Kanab Pa Sa Ngoua

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Traditional Recipes of Laos

By Phia Sing

Published 1981

About

Ingredients

the belly part of a pa sa ngoua (a sheatfish, see

Asia
Laos
Main course
Side dish
Starter
Gluten-free

Method

Mix together in a mixing bowl the pounded ingredients with salt and fish sauce. Add the pieces of fish and mix some more. Taste and check the saltiness. Then add the chopped spring onions, mix some more and wrap the mixture up in the toon leaf. Overwrap it in some pieces of banana leaf and use a bamboo holder for grilling it. When it is