Pepes Banjar Style

Pepes fish is one of the menu of Banjarmasin - South Kalimantan with typical spices. Actually, they use Patin fish, it was a tasty and wrapped with banana leaf produces a very distinctiove aroma and obliged to try...:). But abroad, how to find Patin Fish, so I used Ilis Fish (Bangladesh National Fish). Honestly, I don't like Ilis Fish, not for taste because Ilis Fish so tasty and fragrant. I don't like it because so much small fork in meat of fish. I have solution for the case, I made pepes fish with pressure cooker pan, so the fork would be soft with steamed then grilled until fragrant.

Ingredients :

• 4 pieces of fish, cleaned and washed.
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper.
• 1/2 tsp ground turmeric.
• 2 nutmegs.
• 1 cm galangal.
• 1 stalk lemongrass.
• 1/2 medium onion.
• 2 cloves garlic.
• 2 green cayenne peppers.
• Salt is required.
• Coriander leaf is required.
• Basil leaf is required.
• Banana leaf as needed.

Instruction :

1. Mashed all of ingredients until puree.
2. Marinated fish with spices, let 15 minutes.
3. Prepare banana leaf for cover.
4. Take 1 sheet of banana leaf, put 1 piece of fish and add 1 tbsp of spices.
5. Covered fish with banana leaf. Do it until all of fish and spices finish.
6. Prepare pressure cooker pan, steamed pepes for 20 minutes.
7. Preheat grilling pan, and grill pepes until fragrant of banana leaf. Ready to be served hot.