Maboke (Steamed Nile Perch)

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Maboke (Steamed Nile Perch)

Maboke (Steamed Nile Perch) is a traditional Central African Republic recipe for a classic dish of nile perch with onion, garlic, tomato and chilli steamed in parcels made of banana leaves before serving. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Central African Republic version of: Steamed Nile Perch (Maboke).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Chilli Recipes Vegetable Recipes Central-african-republic Recipes

Ingredients:

4 fillets of Nile perch (capitaine in French)
8 banana leaves (or aluminium foil)
1 large onion
1 garlic clove
3 small tomatoes
1 hot chilli
1/2 bunch parsley
salt, to taste

Method:

Finely chop the garlic, onion, parsley and chilli and mix together in a bowl. Wash and de-seed the tomatoes then slice into thin rings.

Take the banana leaves and arrange four pairs in a cross pattern. Put a tablespoon of the onion mixture in the centre of each pair of leaves then sit a fish fillet on top, followed by another spoonful of the onion mixture. Top with the tomato rings then close the banana leaves over the top to form a parcel and tie each one securely with string.

Place the banana leaf parcels on a rack set over a deep roasting dish half-filled with water.

Carefully transfer to an oven pre-heated to 200°C and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the fish is tender. Serve directly from the parcels and accompanied with fried plantains or boiled rice.