Otak-Otak Recipe | Traditional Grilled Fish Cake in Banana Leaf

Ingredients

• 400g mackerel fillet, deboned and minced
• 100ml thick coconut milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon rice flour
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded
• Salt and sugar to taste
• Banana leaves for wrapping (softened over flame)
• Spice Paste:
• 6 shallots
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 fresh red chillies
• 2 dried chillies, soaked
• 2 candlenuts
• 1 stalk lemongrass (white part only)
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp sugar