Fish in Banana-Leaf

Description
Fish in Banana-Leaf

Ingredients

 * 2-3 banana leaves
 * 2-4 lbs of fresh fish
 * 1-2 onions, finely chopped
 * juice of 1-2 lemons
 * salt (to taste)
 * black pepper (to taste)
 * cayenne pepper or red pepper (to taste)
 * 1 tbsp oil
 * 1 tomato, chopped and crushed (optional)
 * a few okra, chopped (optional)
 * a bunch of sorrel leaves (optional)
 * one Maggi® cube (crushed)

Directions

 * 1) Prepare a marinade for the fish by mixing together the oil, chopped onion, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and red pepper.
 * 2) Clean the fish, but leave the scales on, and cut a few gashes lengthwise on each side.
 * 3) Pour the marinade onto the fish and into the gashes.
 * 4) Let marinate in a glass dish for a quarter hour.
 * 5) Warm the banana leaves for a half-minute in a hot oven, remove the center rib of each leaf by cutting across it with a knife and pulling it off.
 * 6) Cut the ends off each leaf to form a large rectangle.
 * 7) Fold the banana leaves to completely enclose the ingredients in a packet two or three layers thick.
 * 8) Cook the packets over an outdoor grill.
 * 9) Turn them every 10 minutes.
 * 10) After half an hour carefully open the packet and check to see if the fish is cooked, else continue cooking.
 * 11) Serve in the packet with boiled yams.