Gangan daun mengkudu, fish in coconut milk with noni leaves
An Indonesian dish featuring cooked seabass in coconut milk, with blanched noni leaves, a paste made from shallots, ginger, cilantro, and galangal, and gr…
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
people
- $4.59
- $0.76
- $0.03
Spice paste
- $0.99
- $0.35
Directions
- Finely chop the noni leaves. Blanch them in boiling water, drain them, and then plunge them into cold water.
- Toast the shredded coconut in a dry pan until it is golden brown. Set aside.
- Clean the fish and cut it into pieces. ≈ 8 min
- Finely chop or blend the shallots, ginger, cilantro, and galangal into a smooth paste. ≈ 4 min
- Squeeze the noni leaves to extract the juice. ≈ 3 min
- Place the leaves in the coconut milk along with the spice paste, grilled coconut, and pieces of fish.
- Cook until the fish is cooked through and well-seasoned. Season to taste.
- Serve hot, with rice. ≈ 2 min
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