Gangan daun mengkudu, fish in coconut milk with noni leaves

Gangan daun mengkudu, fish in coconut milk with noni leaves

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An Indonesian dish featuring cooked seabass in coconut milk, with blanched noni leaves, a paste made from shallots, ginger, cilantro, and galangal, and gr…

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The noni leaves (also known as mangosteen), which have a slightly bitter taste, are first blanched and then squeezed before being cooked with the fish in coconut milk. The grilled coconut thickens the sauce and gives it a toasted flavour.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Gluten-free
  • Low lactose
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

4 people
  • $4.59
  • $0.76
  • $0.03

Spice paste

  • $0.99
  • $0.35

Directions

  1. Finely chop the noni leaves. Blanch them in boiling water, drain them, and then plunge them into cold water.
  2. Toast the shredded coconut in a dry pan until it is golden brown. Set aside.
  3. Clean the fish and cut it into pieces. ≈ 8 min
  4. Finely chop or blend the shallots, ginger, cilantro, and galangal into a smooth paste. ≈ 4 min
  5. Squeeze the noni leaves to extract the juice. ≈ 3 min
  6. Place the leaves in the coconut milk along with the spice paste, grilled coconut, and pieces of fish.
  7. Cook until the fish is cooked through and well-seasoned. Season to taste.
  8. Serve hot, with rice. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 bunches of noni (mengkudu) leaves
  • 2 crayfish, cut into pieces
  • 4 glasses of coconut milk
  • ½ cup of shredded coconut
  • salt
  • 6 shallots
  • 2 cm of galangal
  • 1 teaspoon of cilantro seeds
  • 2 cm of galangal

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