The use of banana leaves for serving and cooking dates back to early civilizations, starting in India during the ancient Indus Valley civilization. This practice later spread to other countries, each ...

For this, take a bowl, add fish chunks, lemon juice and salt. Keep it aside for 10 mins atleast. 2. Now, take a grinder, add coconut, coriander leaves, green chillies, garlic and cumin seeds to a fine ...

Machcha Patropoda is fish marinated with a generous amount of masala, wrapped in banana leaf and cooked for a few minutes till it's soft and flaky. Clean the fish and cut into small pieces. 2. Add the ...

If using banana or palm leaves to create ‘dishes’, do this by dividing each leaf in half and cutting out a circle from each half using a pan lid as a guide. Bring a wide saucepan of water to ...

It's also recommended to lightly toast your banana leaves to make them more bendable for wrapping your food. This can be done ...

We all love a banana bread, and Nadiya's recipe takes the old favourite to another level with a thyme-scented cake and a sticky salted caramel topping. Put the mashed bananas in a bowl and leave ...

If you have the grill fired up for this Indonesian dish of fish wrapped in banana leaf (which was developed by my ex-food stylist, Vivian Herijanto), you'd might as well also cook some skewers of ...