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Tilmok na Tinapa
Smoked fish, coconut, aromatics, and chili wrapped in banana leaves and steamed into savoury Bicol-style tilmok parcels.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 6 parcels
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Ingredients
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Method
- Check tinapa carefully and remove every bone before flaking.
- Combine fish, coconut, coconut milk, onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, chili, and pepper.
- Cook a small spoonful in a pan and taste before adding salt; smoked fish may need none.
- Divide the filling among double banana-leaf squares.
- Fold the banana leaves snugly around the smoky tinapa filling and place each parcel seam-side down with a little space between packets.
- Steam 18–20 minutes until coconut is tender and centres are piping hot.
- Rest 5 minutes so steam settles before opening.
- Serve with rice and calamansi.