Ikan Woku (Woku Baked and Grilled Fish)

This is a special dish from Northern Sulawesi, Manado, Indonesia. You love spicy food ? This is for you...





Ingredients:

• 1 Whole fish, weighing a total of 2 lbs. together (Either mullet, snapper, or mackerel) (up to 2)
• 3 Chiles
• 3 Candlenuts (substitute Brazil nuts)
• 1 Piece ginger root, 1 inch long
• 1 large Ripe tomato, peeled and chopped
• ½ tsp Turmeric
• 1 Lime, juice of
• 2 tbps Chopped mint
• 4 tbsp Shopped green onion
• 2 tsp Salt

How to:

1. From Sri Owen, "Indonesian Food and Cookery"
2. Clean the fish.
3. Pound the chiles, candlenuts, and ginger together into a paste.
   
4. Add all the other ingredients, and rub the resulting mixture onto the fish, inside and out.
   
5. Wrap the fish in foil, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
   
6. Bake in a 375 F oven for 15 minutes.
   
7. Just before serving, unwrap the fish and put under the grill for 5 minutes.

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